The cold sting of rain blew relentlessly on our faces as we trudged down the hill to the bus stop. My son pulled his hood further down over his furrowed brow. “Isn’t it supposed to be summer?” he muttered, waving one hand generally in the direction of…well everything – the heavy clouds, the buffeting wind, …
Month: June 2020
“I need to send a picture of my penis to Kate*,” said my husband. I looked up slowly from my laptop. “Why do you need to send her a picture of your penis?” I asked. “I need another one,” he replied matter-of-factly. “The one I have is too big. I need a smaller one.” Seeing …
In Greenland, the winds of political change usually come with a whiff of dried fish or mattak. So it was last week when change swept through the government of Greenland once again and a new coalition was formed. Two years on from the last election, the major party – Siumut – abandoned its minority coalition …
The other day I saw a video of someone extolling the virtues of Greenland’s living standards and free health and education systems over other ‘developed’ nations and I felt a stir of dissent. It is likely that most people probably think the living standard in Greenland is significantly lower than it actually is. Measured using …