This week my wife finally received her Indefinite Leave To Remain. Finally, after five years and almost eight weeks since we sent the form in, we are finally safe and settled and forever. In case you didn’t know bethend is American and...
For those of you who haven’t noticed my wife is American and an immigrant. Her grandfather is Welsh (like mine) and it led her to come over here and learn the language. And then stay. She’s been here for eight...
I realised something today – the only people who think that we can’t have a cohesive society with mass immigration are politicians, the media and racists. The rest of us normal people, living our lives and (trying to) pay our...
I am an immigrant. Actually, about a quarter of me is descended from the Celts, but I don’t think of myself like that. And I don’t really think of myself as an immigrant or even as English any more. I’ve...
