A passport service ‘without let or hindrance’?
By Chelsea Girl in China There’s nothing like being told by an officious woman in Scotland that it is going to cost you at least £6 to ask her questions that will save her colleagues in Hong Kong from...
View ArticleDo we all need behaviour lessons?
By Annabel Kantaria “Just remember, you’re not playing in your own backyard now,” my boss told me when I took my first job in the UAE. “You’re in someone else’s yard now, and you play by their rules.”...
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The sad fallout from holiday balcony deaths in Spain
At a central London underground station late at night three very tipsy middle-aged people swayed precariously on an escalator ahead of me, and then without warning, the woman pitched forward and fell...
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Britons are shunning the UK for a new life in Majorca
While some might count fictional sheep during a night of mild insomnia, I’ve taken to counting Britons: those who’ve suddenly pitched up in my valley for a new life away from the UK. Many Britons are...
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Majorcans and modern manners
An exasperated Majorcan friend took me to task the other day because I’d posted her a thank-you note. Why, she wanted to know, did I still feel the need to follow such formalities when we were...
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Why Britons are feeling under the weather
It’s that time of the year again when everyone is feeling jaded and blue and willing spring to arrive. All the same, how lucky Britons are to have a bona fide excuse: the weather. In Majorca winter can...
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