Tag: Bill Bryson

Stovepipe with a quick legover – Bill Bryson on cricket

In his book on Australia, Down Under, (entitled In a Sunburned Country in the USA and Canada), there is a moment when Bill Bryson is trying to find something to listen to on the radio while driving towards, if I recall properly, Adelaide. Nothing seems to be on the air. But, eventually, he comes across... Continue Reading →

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Tough questions

(This is a passage from Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Big Country" which makes me laugh every time I think about it. It is the start of a chapter entitled "Drowning in Red Tape".) I'm not even going to begin to tell you about the frustration of trying to get a foreign-born spouse or other... Continue Reading →

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