Not exactly sure that is true. I went looking at the stats. Prior to WW2 Home ownership was about 25% with 75% if people renting. By 1971 that had reached about 50:50 Home ownership peaked in 1991 at… (View Post)

I am currently working North Sea abandonment Ops in Aberdeen and one of the guys working alongside me is my old friend Marcus Bowden, one of the pioneers of UK BBQ who runs the UK BBQ school down in … (View Post)

One of my all time favourite meals is a regular made by my wife. Linguini or spaghetti with a 'sauce' made of albacore tuna, capers, basil and vast amounts of lemon juice. Incredibly simple and stunn… (View Post)

Brilliant. I wish there were more people doing this. (View Post)

Such passages are covered by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as 'Transit Passages'. That means that although they pass through the territorial waters of specific nations, they are… (View Post)