Who am I?
Welcome! I am a British Freelance Writer and Teacher working in Bangladesh. I also have ADHD.In these pages I discuss all of these things and I try to give you a picture of life in this part of Asia too.
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Tag Archives: philosophy
National Dog Week | Waiting for the Karma Truck
My first interview with some ex-students from LAMB is coming very soon but I thought I would quickly share with you all something a little different and certainly very light and fun from one of the blogs I follow: National … Continue reading
End of the Summer Blues?
I’m just writing this after half a day without the generators at LAMB working for some of the compound. This is never pleasant but it is particularly hard at this time of the year. Just at a time when my … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, LAMB, Life, Philosophy
Tagged Autumn, Bangladesh, Differences, LAMB, life, Monsoons, philosophy, poverty, Summer, weather
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Return to Darjeeling – The mystery and magic of Time
All photos in this article post were taken by my son who retains copyright except where otherwise stated. A suitably dramatic title, I hope you appreciate, that could have come straight out of a 1940s science fiction comic – and … Continue reading
Posted in British, children, Culture, India, Life, Philosophy, Religion, Travel
Tagged ADHD, books, British, culture, Darjeeling, Elizabeth Clarke, Everest, Himalayas, India, Kim, Kolkata, life, philosophy, photography, Rudyard Kipling, society, travel, Windamere Hotel
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On winning the Shot-put
Have you ever been bitterly humiliated and utterly destroyed inside and no one around you even noticed? I must write about just what LAMB school gets up to and I will do at some point, but today I want to … Continue reading
Posted in British, children, Education, Life, Philosophy, story
Tagged Billy Elliot, Britain, children, Coalville, education, LAMB, life, philosophy, shot put, sport
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My Town – part two
Continuing my two-parter on life in my midlands hometown. I got a lot of response from many friends from Coalville on my facebook – publicly and privately. Feel free to add your memories of the place in the comments below … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, British, children, community, Life, Philosophy
Tagged age, Bangladesh, Britain, children, Coalville, Differences, friends, Lady Jane, life, Mining, music, Palitoy, philosophy, racism, society, Woolworth
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