I flipped over the postcard. ‘Dear Mum’, I wrote. And as my pen traced those two words my mind spiralled back to the seventies. Aged seven, I was at boarding school writing to my expat parents. ‘Dear Mum and Dad, I hope you are well, I am fine.’ Every » Read More
Talk summary: Hailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch. In a hilarious demonstration, Robbins samples the buffet of the TEDGlobal 2013 audience, showing how the flaws in our perception make it possible to swipe a » Read More
If you were lucky enough to have grown up in an English speaking country or had English parents you will have been subjected – much like myself – to the hilarious and very disturbing selection of children’s songs, nursery rhymes and stories that we are all taught by » Read More
The first Roman emperor famously said: “When you gain a new language, you gain a new soul.” I am not sure that I’ve gained a new soul after having learned English but I’ve gained a good ‘rice bowl’ – something which allows me to make a living. “Why do you » Read More
In every country there are slang terms for money. In this post we share the official and unofficial ways Brits refer to money. The British population most definitely has an island mentality and this was never more apparent than when the euro was introduced on January 1st 1999. We » Read More