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    Back to the EU?

    This week, the UK and EU have agreed a Reset Deal to improve the current post-Brexit trade and corporation agreement between the two. But has anything been agreed that will make it easier for Brits to live and work in…

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    Eurovision Fever Strikes

    The Eurovision Song Contest, the Europe-wide (plus Australia and a couple of other countries that aren’t geographically in Europe) musical spectacle is upon us again. It’s a big deal in our house: We tend to have friends over for a…

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    The Unpredictability of Bank Holidays

    My German parents never came to terms with the dates of the non-religious British bank holidays and were surprised every year that the first and last Mondays in May are bank/public holidays, plus the last Monday in August. But no…