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St Helier

Dubai - and had the amazing privilege of meeting Harrison Ford this morning ....

Poole- recovering from running the Bournemouth marathon yesterday!

Abu Dhabi

It’s a very good newspaper - the only one to report in recent days in fact that Jeremy Corbyn never laid a wreath at the Munich terrorists grave in Tunisia ... because, in fact, the Munich terrorists are buried in Libya, not Tunisia ....

I think there are some great newspapers out there, with first class jounalism. I would consider The Guardian to be the best newspaper in the world, followed by the FT, the New York Times etc. The tabloids are not representative of the industry - i love reading a good newspaper with really well writt...

Some of you might have read recently about the unfortunate British lady who was arrested in Dubai for having one glass of wine on a flight from gatwick. The true facts are: - she was a Swedish / Iranian National - not British at all - her passport had expired and the immigration officer refused her ...

laurie wrote: ↑

06 Aug 2018, 16:56

cassini wrote: ↑

06 Aug 2018, 06:56

Am in training for the Bournemouth marathon in Oct. I am currently running 6:22m kilometers and the perfect beat for that pace is..... Toiler On The Sea!

Are you running for a charity?

I did in 2016 - raised 30k for Medecins sans Frontier - but this year just doing it for fun

clutchingmyteddybear wrote: ↑

06 Aug 2018, 10:11

Martin Amis's jogging song was Shah Shah A Go Go

That was Paul Theroux, not Martin Amis!

Am in training for the Bournemouth marathon in Oct. I am currently running 6:22m kilometers and the perfect beat for that pace is..... Toiler On The Sea!

Battersea Park

Burj khalifa is indeed amazing - built by Samsung strangely enough. It is about to be surpassed as the worlds tallest building by the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, but Dubai is already building a new structure that will surpass the Kingdom Tower which should be completed in 2020 -,it is located in the Cr...