In 2007 we faced a difficult decision: stay in the UK with the prospect of both being made redundant, or take a job offer in Scandinavia. The economic climate in Britain wasn't good and there was little chance of things improving short-term. We weighed up the pros and cons and, apart from leaving friends and...
I was born in Birmingham in 1979. My mother is German - she came to the UK in 1966 - and my father is English. My family moved to Scotland in 1984. While at university I decided to go on the Erasmus exchange programme to Austria in 2000 to work on my German. After five...
When I moved to Germany at the age of 22, it wasn't a conscious choice to leave my country forever. I simply followed my heart and dealt with the many difficulties of getting permission to stay. In those 15 years in Germany I never took from the state. I contributed. I was proud to contribute...