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Category Archives: Hodge Podge
Dispatch #37 – Philanthropy
A bit of a dandy, a bit of a cavalier and a lot of a charmer, rogue British official The Dippylomat. Esq. investigates… My weekends arrive with a hollow thud, the vacuums between the Friday clock off and the Monday … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Cycling, Economics, Fashion, Gothenburg, Hodge Podge, immigration, India, migration, Minnesota, Sweden
Tagged aid, asylum seekers, charity, cycling, Israel, Middle East, refugees, Syria, tweed
14 Comments
The Book of Faces.
All you need to do is click and like! Toodle pip och vi ses,
Posted in Denmark, Gothenburg, Hodge Podge, Humour, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged facebook, shameless
1 Comment
Dispatch #31 – School.
A bit of a dandy, a bit of a cavalier and a lot of a charmer, rogue British official The Dippylomat. Esq. investigates… My sincere and bespokely-worded apologies; my peeplessness both humbles and disgraces me – it shames me … Continue reading
Posted in Ex pats, Gothenburg, Hodge Podge, Humour, immigration, Language, Politics, Religion, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel
Tagged education, foreign language, SFI
37 Comments
~URGENT DISPATCH~
Tinsel pip, ATTENTION BOTH THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND EMPIREES: The Dippylomat esq will be back in the novus annus. If you want me to stoop to your level and speak YOUR language next year then subscribe, NOW!
Posted in Hodge Podge
Tagged armenia, christmas, croatia, Denmark, finland, france, germany, happy christmas, iceland, norway, poland, romania, Spain, Stockholm, sweden, The Netherlands, zulu
43 Comments
Dispatch #29 – Christmas.
A bit of a dandy, a bit of a cavalier and a lot of a charmer, rogue British official The Dippylomat. Esq. investigates… I am waiting for a delayed flight, I am awkwardly perched in the supposedly ‘First Class’ … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, diets, Ex pats, Food, Hodge Podge, Humour, RAF, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel
Tagged christmas, donald duck, jesus, Jesus christ, queen elizabeth, sweden, television
31 Comments
Dispatch #26 – Environment.
I AM a representative of the former British Empire and the current Commonwealth of Nations; I am the descendant of Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and the son of an RAF pilot. I did not graduate with First Class honours … Continue reading
Posted in Ex pats, Hodge Podge, Humour, Nature, Sweden, Travel, Wildlife
Tagged eco-friendly, environmentally friendly, fair trade, fossil fuels, global warming, nuclear power, recycling, whales
7 Comments
Dispatch #24 – Myths.
I AM a representative of the former British Empire and the current Commonwealth of Nations; I am the descendant of Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and the son of an RAF pilot. I did not graduate with First Class honours … Continue reading
Posted in Ex pats, Food, history, Hodge Podge, Humour, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel
Tagged Dwight Eisenhower, jeremy paxman, joseph mcCarthy, mythology, stephen fry, suicide, Switzerland
9 Comments
