Do you believe the COVID-19 narrative? Us: So what's happening? Them: There's a virus

The narrative

A brave new world?
Between 1982 and 1985 I studied at Liverpool Polytechnic, working towards my

Doublethink
Nineteen Eighty-Four On 8th June 1949 one of the world's most influential

One by one our freedoms were taken away

Seeing the world through blue eyes
SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH BLUE EYESPeople with blue eyes aren't as smart

Masking the truth
MASKING THE TRUTHMany of our favourite heroes have a trusty sidekick.Robin was

Back in time
Back in timeThe digital speed readout on the dashboard of the car

The sands of time run thin
The sands of time run thinInterest rates on mortgages in the UK

There’s a storm coming
There's a storm comingThe man’s face is haggard from fatigue, as he

The astounding nature of exponential growth
The astounding nature of exponential growth How good were you at maths?

Choose life…

“House Sitting Magazine”

Ten years on…
“You should write a blog about that,” said Vanessa. “Ahh, it would

The golden rule of failure
Here’s my latest article, published on Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin.com Entrepreneur blog:

Sons of Anarchy (China-style)
Sunlight dapples the road in front of you, filtered through the amazing

“The Chinese Dream”

Island sold!! My new life of freedom.
It’s taken a lot longer than I expected, but I’ve finally achieved

Southwest in Widescreen
The American Southwest is a beautiful place. There are so many amazing

10 powerful ways to improve your English
Imagine speaking a foreign language fluently. You can go to the local

Into The Wild – 7 years later
When I first announced that I intended to sell my “entire life”

10 ways I choose myself
If you’ve read some of my previous posts you probably know I

What is house sitting?
My partner Vanessa and I often refer to ourselves as "Global Nomads".

Five underwater adventures
Five underwater adventures for your bucket list I wasn’t much of reader

Five Wonders of the World
Five Wonders of the World Before beginning my goal-achieving journey I had

Five airborne adventures
Five airborne adventures for your bucket list I have always been interested

Five fantastic fun-filled festivals

Five fantastic adventures to add to your bucket list
Today it’s 4th July 2015. Happy Independence Day to you all in

“Where does the money come from?”
I've featured recently in a couple of press articles.The West Australian, a

The Keys to the World

2014 – the year in pictures.
Once again, as much for myself as for anybody else still reading,

Professional westerners
Just last week we received a very unusual offer. Could we be

China is AMAZING
Did I say that before? China is AMAZING. Forget any preconceived notions

Welcome to China

Course completed – China here we come!
Vanessa had arranged another house-sit for us in Sutton Coldfield, just outside

“Young People’s Champion”
After a couple of weeks of intensive study in Reading we set

Getting to grips with grammar
Our first stop in England was Reading, where we had the opportunity
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