Three lots of interviews this week. The first in Paris on Tuesday (afterwards I made the most of being there by going up the Arc de Triomphe as I have not done it before) Here's a view from the top. As I am unemployed, entry to national monuments is free...

Well tonight is the last party leaders debate but because it's on BBC then we can't watch it in France. I think it might be interesting and look forward to the highlights. I presume that Gordon is going to tackle his gaffe straight off at the begining...

Well, what can you say? Gordon Brown has shot himself in the (Michael) Foot. The last thing you want to do when you are trying to cling on to power for another 4 years, is going round calling people bigots! This is not acceptable behaviour in my view,...

So Stephen Hawking thinks there is a good chance that aliens exist..hmm, is this really news? We have not yet entered the traditional silly season for non-stories like this to be reported, but reading the article I have to agree with him. Why do we go...

The french police have just fined a muslim driver for wearing a veil as it restricts vision About time too! The lawyer for this person has said that it breaches human rights - what crap. Things like this that reinforce muslim female oppression should...

Tuesday is the deadline for registering to vote as an expat, however I'm not going to bother. The problem is that I can only vote in the place I was last registered and therefore my vote would be in Bicester in North Oxfordshire. As the sitting Conservative...

First it was the cod war with Iceland cutting the nets of our fishing boats, then it was the banking scandal when their banks defaulted on over £4 billion of UK customers money. Now they are disrupting our air travel and making life generally difficult...

Well, I've finally got round to it - starting a new blog. After 3 years with the last one in Marseille (which ended at the same time as my marriage) It is time to put pixels to screen and start again. As yet I do not know what I will cover (or in which...