Order ‘Old Man on the Beach’ here!
Click the image to go to Amazon
Buy Sonali here!
Click the image to go to Amazon
Who am I?
Welcome! I am a British Freelance Writer and Educational consultant who worked in Bangladesh until December 2013. I also have ADHD.In these pages I discuss all of these things and I try to give you a picture of life in Indian subcontinent Asia too.
I hope you enjoy your visit. Let me know if you do!
Blogsurfer
Donate to Kenthinksaloud
Tag Archives: Cumbria
If you were born between the 50s – 80s congratulations – You made it!
“the road to hell is lined not just with good intentions but with health and safety laws too…” Do watch the video I’ve linked below. It’s a little cheesy and (forgive me, my US friends) a little too American in its … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, British, children, Life
Tagged Coalville, Cumbria, growing up, health and safety, Madeleine McCann, nanny state, rules, St Bees, Wigan
14 Comments
Walking the lonely path – Lonnings exhibition at the Florence Arts Centre
My family and I had a lovely time last night at the opening to the ‘Cumbria Lonnings’ exhibition at the Florence Arts Centre in Egremont, Cumbria. The Florence mine was, until recent times, a working iron ore mine. It was … Continue reading
Posted in British, community
Tagged Alan Cleaver, Cumbria, Cumbria Lonnings, Egremont Cumbria, exhibition, Florence Arts Centre, Florence mine, lonnings
2 Comments
A new writing gig!
I was delighted when the team who write local free newspaper Egremont 2Day asked me recently to join them as a regular contributor. The paper reaches a physical circulation of around 13,000 people I believe and has an online site expanding the … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, British, Review, Writing
Tagged Bangladesh, Cumbria, Egremont, Egremont 2Day, Sonali, The Full Monty
5 Comments
A Concert of Thoughts
noun [kón sùrt, kónssərt] (plural con·certs) 1. public musical performance: an event where an individual musician or a group of musicians, e.g. a choir, band, or orchestra, performs in front of an audience 2. agreement: harmony or accord, e.g. in … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, British, community, Philosophy, Review
Tagged Albert Hall, Bangladesh, choirs, Classical, Cumbria, Debussy, education, Elton John, England, Guzheng, London, memories, Nazrul Islam, Requiem, Schubert, St Bees, Tagore, Whitehaven
6 Comments
What was I doing again?
Over the last thirty-six hours while Wifey has been swanning off down south giving a lecture, I’ve been the epitome of modern masculinity. The house is clean. The dishes are all spotless. The stack of ironing as tall as a Bengali is … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Humour, Life
Tagged Bangladesh, children, Cumbria, school, single parent life, St Bees
17 Comments
kenthinksaloud 