The United Kingdom was always an English idea with the Welsh, Scots and Irish roped in with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Ireland broke in two nearly a hundred years ago over the issue of whether you could be British and Irish at the same time (link) while the […]
Diary of a Tourist Guide:
Archives for November 2017
BRITAIN’S BEST LOVED BEAR
I always advise people never to go to the cinema with a tourist guide. They pedantically pick up on all the mistakes and insist on staying to the very end of the credits to see which locations were used so they recycle […]
FAITHFUL BUT UNFORTUNATE
My last job of the season was a group from Saudi Arabia brought over by VisitBritain with whom I have worked previously (http://diaryofatouristguide.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/eating-around-england.html). This was a more low-key affair but we did enjoy hospitality from Blenheim Palace who gave us free entry […]