British humour Archives - Tracey Gemmell

Which Way to Edinburgh?

by Tracey | Dec 27, 2023 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British humour, Travel

Why do we wait to start new habits in January? Habit, I suppose. And herd mentality. No one’s fist-bumping you in August when you say, ‘that’s it, I’m giving up/starting a new/stopping this/learning that’, are they? But the whole world’s behind you on January 1st with...

An American and a Cockney Walk into a Bank…

by Exmoor1 | Aug 31, 2023 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British humour, British in the USA, Expatriots, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, Travel, Travel fiction

If you’ve never switched country of residence, you may not appreciate how complicated and ongoing a saga this is. In a nutshell, you don’t officially exist. Anywhere. For years. It’s like being a black ops secret agent, only without the custom-made suits, without...

Lights, Camera, Relax!

by Exmoor1 | Jul 31, 2023 | book promotion, British humour, Humour, writer, writing

Lights, Camera, Relax! Ah, the glamorous life of an author. It mostly involves years sitting alone in a room with a judgmental empty page, a head full of ideas, and a cosmic void separating the two. Occasionally it involves a photoshoot. And that, for me, is where...

Pride Comes Before a Hole. Or a Virus

by Exmoor1 | Feb 27, 2023 | Blog Post, British humour, Humour, relocation, search for home, Travel

Warning: the following blog contains scenes that some people eating dinner may find disturbing. Finish your pudding first. I admit it. I got complacent. Conceited almost. I’m at the age where I watch my peers trudge off to hospitals to get hips and knees replaced,...

Finding Myself Online. Or Not.

by Exmoor1 | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog Post, book promotion, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, Humor, Humour, search for home, Travel, writer, writing

Mission: Identify twelve search keywords that would lead others to find you online. Go. It’s okay, I’ll wait. Am waiting… Okay, two keywords. Can you come up with two? I know, right? It’s really hard. But that’s what I have to do as part of a website redesign project...

Sorry, Not Sorry. Escaping 2022.

by Exmoor1 | Dec 31, 2022 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Expatriots

I’m gazing out over Carbis Bay in Cornwall. It’s New Year’s Eve and I haven’t given a thought to my December blog. I haven’t missed a month in the five years I’ve been writing. I’m thinking this may be the first month I miss. I’m tired. I’m in Carbis Bay on a whim. I...