Monthly Archives: June 2020

Young Matt: “I get so angry sometimes. People are so unthinking. They say ’We just don’t want any more newcomers, that’s all. People that are here can all stay, can’t they? Nothing will change for them, right?’ Me: “So what … Continue reading →

I was born a Czech, of two Czech parents, in 1948 in Prague. My father was a Czech refugee in England at the start of WWII, having fled from his boarding school in Dijon when the Germans marched into France. … Continue reading →

Here I am, 2.5 years after leaving the UK, moving “back” to Germany, and I still find myself in Limbo. Why? Because I am unemployable.  After 19 years in the UK with 6 years of studies there, a CV with … Continue reading →