Tip of the Tongue

Pages

▼
Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Monday, June 30, 2025

English impressions - real or TV reality?

›
  I have no first-hand knowledge of England. My short jaunt to London during my tour of Europe some 45 years ago is irrelevant. On the other...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Puttin’ Putin in his (historical) place

›
I recently translated some articles on Putin, the elected dictator of the Russian Federation.  It brought up two seemingly separate memorie...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Heads of state

›
An alien arriving on our planet would have a hard time understanding who the boss is in the countries of the world.  Titles and powers seem...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

England, English culture, and the Middle East

›
The British government and public have had an intimate part of the marking of the modern Middle East.  London was a controlling factor in t...
Friday, July 20, 2012

A Tempest in a Teacup

›
The word “exotic” can be defined as that what is extraordinary.  For example, blonds are exotic in the Middle East but quite commonplace i...
›
Home
View web version

About me

My photo
Stephen Rifkind
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.