I was born in Germany, the daughter of an officer in the British Army. My English father served 42 years including 6 tours in N. Ireland. My mother is Irish. The father of my sons is Welsh, he was born in Honk Kong also the son of an Army Officer and our sons were born...
I met and married my lovely Dutchman in the late 80s. When we returned from our honeymoon a small envelope containing an even smaller letter from the Home Office announced that, as my Dutchman had married a British national, "should our marriage subsist for 12 months" he would be granted 'residency status'. All he had...
I have lived in the East Midlands for four years. Initially I found the people open and welcoming. All that changed in the run up to the referendum. Walking through the local town centre I walked past a UKIP ‘Vote Leave’ table run by a couple of pensioners. An old man offered me a leaflet,...
I'm originally from the Isle of Wight, joined the Army in 1975 when the troubles in Northern Ireland meant I could not travel in uniform and had to check under my car before every journey. The biggest threat to peace though was from the Soviet bloc, I trained and prepared to defend my country and...