Hispanic is especially problematic because it defines people by the language they speak above all else. In the USA it encompasses quite a range of ethnicities and communities with very little in comm… (View Post)

A better example is 'Black' which was once considered too abrupt for polite society so "Coloured" was introduced as a more decorous alternative. It still exists in the context of the NAACP,… (View Post)

"That's no way to say goodbye..." (View Post)

It was a fall that finished off my 95-year-old mother-in-law. A lifelong Democrat she regained consciousness in hospital and asked about the previous day's election. 'Trump won,' she was told. "… (View Post)

Reaching the top of Scafell Pike a few years ago my phone pinged with a message 'Welcome to the Isle of Man', together with a list of eye-watering roaming charges. So I switched it off. Fortunately t… (View Post)