The Unfortunate Anagram
Brian Warken was never going to win a Nobel Prize. He was the sort of guy you watched whenever he...
Comedy
Left Side, Right Side
Well if you heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times before, as the saying goes. So get ready,...
Laugh and Death in the Slow Lane
Some friends and I in the fire service used to work part-time as coffin bearers. I guess it was because...
My Apocalypse
The end of the world – that was a very interesting thing for me. I mean who can say, “I...
Ten Traffic Rules for School Kids 2012 Style!
At school, seven-year-old kids in Bali learn about the rules of the road; like to walk on the left side...
Beyond The Fringe
The first Jakarta International Fringe Festival is over and what a week it was! Bill Bailey was in town with...
Jakarta Set to Hold First International Fringe Festival
The performing arts and entertainment scene in Indonesia is set to enter a new era in November with the launch...
Hero to Zero
“Oy! Elvis! It’s your round!” The words sent shivers down my spine. Not because I was in a pub with...
Sheep Two, Sheen Zero
I had been in my local pub watching the now legendary 1979 Silverstone 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix and I was...
Sheep Two, Sheen Zero
I had been in my local pub watching the now legendary 1979 Silverstone 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix and I was...
Right Place, Right Time
In 1987 I bought my dream car. No, it wasn’t a Ferrari or a Porsche, it was a five-year-old Mark...
Fame and Fortune (Almost)
One night in 1998 after a gig in Manila, a woman approached me and my band and asked if we...
Bed and Breakfast and a Bogus Baby
In the 1980s I was working as an agency truck driver in Oxford on my days off from the fire...
A Bottle of Wine and a Playroom
In Eastern Promise (EP) we now have a playroom for kids. During recent trips to New Zealand and Australia, I...
Pocket Guide to How to be a Bureaucrat
Follow these simple rules to being a good Bureaucrat and enjoy countless benefits for you, your friends and your family....
Humorous Educational Experiences: Raising Children
If I had no sense of humour, I would long ago have committed suicide. ~ Mahatma Gandhi ~ Is there...
The Truth Hurts
I have decided I am going to be completely honest with everyone from now on. No more lies, no more...
Just Take it Easy
We expatriates must admire the Indonesian ability to put things in perspective and to talk things down because it could...
Happy Birthday Grumpy French Man
40 years old. All of the people who are on the way to pass over this age say that it’s...
Solution to the Global Economic Crisis
We are, most of us, living far from our families, which is good for some people and sad for others....
The Fearless Guardian Angel
My friend Tony and I were coming back from a party late one night on his Suzuki 250 motorcycle when...