Another Shore - Russia

New Year in Russia is a bit like Christmas in the UK. It's the day when you tidy ready for a clean New Year, exchange for presents and c...

So here I am on a bitterly cold, icy Sunday morning in Sheffield. I could've been doing so many relaxing things... sipping tea while rea...

My in-laws, in Siberia, sent several messages because they were worried about us after seeing Sheffield on the Russian news and how it had b...

Lily and I are trying to declutter. We'd been acquiring stuff in the way typical of many new-weds, for whom money isn't free-flowing...

When you live abroad for a while, especially when you're talking years, you pick up a taste for the local food, eating habits which stay...