It’s a Small, Small EFL World
During the last few decades an increasingly appealing option for young, adventurous, English-speaking westerners with no professional skills to speak of, is to spend...
The Commonwealth Games
The prestigious and not at all irrelevant Commonwealth Games commenced once again on the Gold Coast, Australia in April, 2018. This edition of the...
K-pop Idols Survive Terrifying Attack in Mexico City
South Korea's plethora of boy bands have long been admired for their superior musicianship and artistic diversity, and the roughly 17,000 members of these...
Time is Relative
Happy New Year, and to all a peaceful and prosperous 1439! This isn't a bit of cheap social commentary about life in the middle...
Happy Seollal
One of the many cool things about living in Korea, where nothing ever stops (there are other cities that claim to ‘never sleep’, but...
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News Journalism: Omani Style
If by chance you are unaware of current events in Oman (a neutral and peaceful nation bordering Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen), please take...
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A holiday in Iran
The world is a scary place. That's what I keep hearing anyway, and right now, the omnipresent threat to my personal safety, freedom, employment,...
‘This Isn’t Happening’. Prostitution in Korea. Does it actually exist?
A young Korean friend asked for a little help with a short essay he had written for his university English class. We chatted over...
The World’s Worst Mass Murderers
By this title I don't mean of course to speak of people who decided for whatever reason to go on a killing spree but...
Christmas in Oman
It may not shock to hear that life in the Middle east is a touch different to that in the west. We all know...
I had a White People Problem in Africa
I finally stepped out of the airport, breathed the fresh air and looked up at big, blue African skies. Three seconds later I lowered my gaze and...
