The Scot emerged from behind the bar wearing a kilt and heavy leather boots, his legs clearly strong beneath woollen socks.
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Churchill glares down from the wall at the elderly German gent taking breakfast. At a nearby table in the bay window, I am enjoying a full English cooked breakfast at the Churchill Hotel in York.
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I’m standing on the stony English beachfront at Deal, Kent, on a clear summer morning. France is visible over the water. I keep a watchful eye on that foreign treacherous land.
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Mt Vesuvius stands like a guide post to incoming ships. The captain of a cruise ship orders the course just north of the Isle of Capri and then a heading straight at Mt Vesuvius. Soon the ship is secured at a Naples harbour pier, so close to the street that I can almost touch the bow.
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The long roadside grasses have gone to seed. As I drive, an approaching speedy motorist flashes into view from around the corner, in the middle of the narrow road. We both take evasive action.
My antagonist appears to be familiar with the routine. He dodges me, toots, remonstrates via hand gestures and speeds on as if nothing had happened. I take a moment to recover myself. I am in southern Italy, in the Basilicata region.
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A fresh wind blows down the Bosporous Strait from the north as I explore the waterfront of the divided city of Istanbul.
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Since the atrocities of World War II, Germans have been ultra cautious to avoid overt politics.
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Net Zero is not a term that is easily defined but that has not stopped the Australian Federal Government legislating a requirement that the country be net zero by 2050.
Continue readingLarry Fink confuses me
Larry Fink, founder of Blackrock investment behemoth, is confusing me.
Continue readingScandals in professional services are usually terminal
The scandal engulfing PwC in Australia has the potential to destroy the Australian business.
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