UNDERSTANDING… RYANAIR

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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I’ve just returned from ten days in Poland and I think I need a new liver. I had a fantastic time and I’ve really fallen in love with the country so much that I’m going to live there for the … Continue reading →

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NOT UNDERSTANDING… YOUNG LEARNERS

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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Once I had two jobs… now I have one job… heaven knows, I’m not miserable now. Well that didn’t last long. My job at the little school in Fuengirola (I’ve removed the name from my previous blog for legal reasons) … Continue reading →

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UNDERSTANDING… WORK?

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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It’s often said that a week in politics is a long time, which is nonsense because a week in anything is just a week — 7 days, no more, no less. But a lot has happened in the past seven … Continue reading →

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UNDERSTANDING… THE JOY OF STAYING PUT

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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Chicos, I haven’t blogged for a while — you may, or you may not, have noticed. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, I have been working flat out on my novel — Compound 19 — which is now completed … Continue reading →

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UNDERSTANDING… PAPUA NEW GUINEA?

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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YOU MAY NOW KISS THE BRIDE! Let me say a word or two about the wedding. Saturday before last and we were bussed out to a field near the town of Mossman. To be fair, the field — in addition … Continue reading →

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UNDERSTANDING… AUSTRALIA?

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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I attempt to write this — the first of my antipodean blogs — as I sit aboard the MS Chertan being tossed around on the Pacific Ocean like a sock in a tumble drier, somewhere to the east of the … Continue reading →

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Introducing Richie Malone

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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Today is the day my alter ego steps out from behind the curtain. Welcome to the dark, fucked-up world of Richie Malone. This blog is the prequel to my novel, ‘Losing the Plot’. Amigos, I’d like this to be an … Continue reading →

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UNDERSTANDING… POST TEFL FREEDOM

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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It’s done. Completo… terminado… finito. After eight weeks of blood, sweat and tears in TEFL school, I emerge from the appropriately named Plaza de la Misericordia a fully qualified TEFL teacher on Saturday evening. We all do; twelve just men … Continue reading →

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UNDERSTANING /ˈfəʊniːm/ ?

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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You may well have been wondering what’s happened to the blog. On the other hand, you may well have not. Well, the reason I’ve not blogged for ages is that my life has been almost totally consumed by learning to … Continue reading →

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Understanding Spain — back on the road again

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Richard Grainger

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I’m back on the road again. Well actually, at the minute I’m at sea. My fellow shipmates and I have just set sail from Bilbao for the second time in as many hours, having had to return to port due … Continue reading →

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