An Englishman In Saudi Arabia

This is where stupid people wash their hair. Badoom tish! Sorry. If eating at Villa inspires you to try the same type of cooking at home jus...

Enjoy Asian food in general? If so then it's worth trying Villa where they offer a dizzying selection of Thai and Filipino cuisine. The ...

Unfortunately there has not been a happy ending to this story . As I understand it, there is a telephone number you can call in Saudi to que...

If you've just arrived in Riyadh this is a great shopping mall to come to for a soft landing, especially if you live in one of the many ...

So you've just landed in Riyadh. You're dazed, confused and possibly mildly terrified. Where can you go? What can you do? In separat...

If you drive on Riyadh's ring road at night you see a large number of cars stopped by unmarked traffic police cars. You don't see a ...

Is there anything more English than... Sitting on Swedish furniture. Eating Indian food. Drinking Belgian beer and French wine. Watching Ame...

I caught this clip from a Lebanese TV debate regarding women on Saudi television from Alien Memoirs . The wonderfully articulate woman and ...

In England there is a saying that an Englishman's home is his castle , meaning that his house is his little kingdom to rule. It's ir...

Thanks to Alwan for sending me this fantastic photograph which was apparently taken at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry here in S...

The Middle Eastern chaps at work are forever putting their arms around each other and distributing shoulder massages, hugs, kisses and hands...

Dear Saudis, be ashamed. Be very ashamed. You're almost as fat as the British and we're one of the fattest groups of fat fatties yo...

Whilst in Singapore we went to a Jazz show at Singapore's "Durian", the Esplanade theatre. The concert included the living leg...

Can you believe that "Bliss House" resturant in Riyadh serves a drink called a Hitler? I couldn't handle a large one, so I ord...

Well, this boy is anyway. Our trip to Asia included a stay in possibly my favourite country, Singapore. Beneath all the clichés like "i...