An Englishman In Saudi Arabia

Hello. You are a muslim and I am a westerner. I've lived in Riyadh for four months now and I have some news that may shock you. It might...

An honourable mention for the two harebrains I passed on Thursday who were reversing back up the motorway. The first one was humourous enoug...

I'm now used to driving in Riyadh. I don't mind making the occasional improvised fifth driving lane, I beep my horn so much there...

Sales hit the clothing stores last week. Unlike the UK and other western countries, the sales here in Riyadh are still real sales with real ...

As today has seen the passing on of Joseph Barbera it seems a pertinent moment to reveal Riyadh's (KSA's?) ongoing Tom and Jerry fi...

Thanks to the counter down in the bottom right I can keep my eye on who comes to the blog and where they come from. I've left it public ...

You can take an Englishman out of England, but you can’t take the England out of an Englishman. Any anthropologist will tell you that when a...

Oh alright, it's actually the "Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson. But for some inexplicable reason I often think...

My place of work has an Alcatraz level of security. It would take a megalomaniac with a henchman wearing a sharp steel-rimmed bowler hat to ...

In the UK we still have old fashioned public holidays called "Bank Holidays" (not any more they're not), in Australia they hav...

It's Christmas in Saudi. Only it isn't. Well alright it is, but with no bells on. In case you don't know, public practicising of...

I had to spend two months alone in Riyadh before my wife was able to join me here. I was a lot happier (and less lonely) when she finally ar...

Over the weekend my wife and I went to a supermarket late one night to do some shopping. To be honest, I am still a bit on guard when we go ...

My memories of shopping at malls in the UK are of gangs of surly teenagers, packed shops and poor service. It might not be fair but that’s h...

We went quad biking again last weekend with another married couple. Why is it that with such a vast desert surrounding Riyadh we have to hav...