Robert Buckland Weblog

The warmth and sunshine of the Persian Gulf seem a distant memory, apart from the fact that the children are waking up at 5.30 each morning.  Time differences and jetlag are difficult to comprehend when you are six.  George proudly showed off a small bottle of desert sand and a cuddly camel to his class [...]

Our half term visit to the United Arab Emirates is throwing up a host of contradictions.   Here in Dubai, we see conspicuous wealth and constant development, but are also faced with the poverty of many of those who are building this new city of over half a million.  The Burj Dubai will be the tallest [...]

As the snow falls across the country and as Honda shuts down production for four months, I have just finished reading David Kynaston’s “Austerity Britain 1945-51″.  This was a most welcome Fortieth Birthday present from Richard Bull.    The book not only draws upon the affairs of the great and the good, but makes frequent [...]