Not a good weekend. Alice is still suffering from chickenpox back in the UK. Sheffield Wednesday were relegated to Division 1 - the third tier of professional football - but that wasn't a surprise as they have had an appalling season. I just hope that they pull off a Manchester City/Newcastle and bounce straight back. They should do! And here in Moscow, I am hot and full of flu. Although I managed to get through this week at work it was just that - getting ...

It's 1st May today - one of the few national holidays that Russia and the UK have in common. In the UK it's simply 'May Day'; here in Moscow it's euphemistically called the 'Day of Spring and Labour'. Traditionally, it's the time when protest marches are organised and secular and religious groups stand side-by-side throughout the country to show their feelings about tax, employment (or lack of), the government...the list goes on. As it is a mild day today, I h...

As is often my wont when writing for my blog, I'm typing this into a Word document to then copy and paste into the blog form later.I am feeling extremely guilty for not sticking to my pledge of writing something - however small - each week, but there is just SO MUCH that I could write about.One of my colleagues recently told me that he writes an e-letter home each month and often finds it difficult to keep it down to two pages. If I remember correctly, I last ...

I confess to cheating again with this blog, but this is a 'borrowed' article from this morning's Moscow Times. Written by one of their American correspondents, it's an interesting expat's-eye view on the current record-breaking snowfall. Read and consider what we would do in the same situation! On TV tonight, a lady from the Interior Ministry was being interviewed. She commented that a large number of foreign journalists, including our own, are making a point...

I confess to cheating again with this blog, but this is a 'borrowed' article from this morning's Moscow Times. Written by one of their American correspondents, it's an interesting expat's-eye view on the current record-breaking snowfall. Read and consider what we would do in the same situation! On TV tonight, a lady from the Interior Ministry was being interviewed. She commented that a large number of foreign journalists, including our own, are making a point...