My brother went to a Free School called Summerhill. It’s a boarding school in England where kids are free to do what ever they want to do.
Classes are offered but you don’t have to take them. There are ‘meetings’ where kids from ages 4 to 16, staff members and teachers alike, gather to decide matters, […]

Mr. and Mrs. Brown live in Canterbury, Kent, they looked after me when I was 10. In a jolly conversation to England this morning, they mentioned they are training to become temporary care takers for guide dogs.
“We’ve passed the background check, now we’re learning more about the dogs, so we can take them in our […]

Under a canopy sipping tea, three friends from school and I sat talking after 12 years. It’s my second visit since 1988. Mrs. Brown came with her apron and a fresh pot of tea. “Its advisable not to grow up isn’t it?” she cheered.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown looked after me as a child, introducing “a […]

Policemen wear tall, black hard-hats with a large, silver badge of their district, a fashion that has been carried on for the last 150 years.

(Photo from BBC)
If you watch a court hearing, the judge and lawyers all wear white wigs, a trend continued for over 300 years. The Royal Courts of Justice took a vote […]

On the lawn of Rochester Castle we lay, idly watching floating clouds when a woman came screaming out of the public toilet. “There’s a bird in there!”
She came running to us for help. “I’m frightened of birds,” she cried. I followed her into the loo, and saw a large pigeon nestled under the sink. I […]