La multi ani, Romania!

In 1994 I was living in the east of Hungary, not so far from the Romanian border. I didn’t know much about Romania. There was some distant memory of Nadia Comăneci, but the contemporary knowledge was hardly positive: the only European country with a […]

Dances With Penguin

This photo has everything: a penguin, a kilted Scotsman and the pipes. This photo is most famous after going viral when a cheeky person edited the caption of it on Wikipedia to, ‘Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expeditions, plays […]

Mornings

The mist often sits across the park this way in the early mornings, giving it a ghostly presence, and making waking up early seem worthwhile.

Oat biscuit time

These simple oat biscuits are a nice treat to make, only takes a few minutes preparation and tastes yummy.   View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CVQ0V-zKbEr/

The Street Corner Goat

On October 11, 2004, I met a goat on my way to the British Council Cameroon. It was standing at the corner, where I turned left, passed the Equatorial Guinea embassy, on my way to end of the street to hail a taxi to […]

All Roads Are Uphill

When cycling in Scotland you should know one thing, no matter what direction you travel, no matter if the road you travel by is in the direct opposite direction from where you came from, all roads will be uphill. Then there are the roads […]

My Make-It-Up-As-I-Go Pate Recipes

Step into the kitchen and see what is lying around in the fridge waiting for you. On this day it’s some beans, cheese, an aubergine. Take a couple of onions and some garlic out and chop them up. Add some oil to the pan […]

#parkhenge

Yesterday I joked if you need a green pass if you want to run naked down the street… Today I meet a naked man in the park. He had something in his hand, but as far as I could tell, it wasn’t a certificate. […]