Some passports arouse an obliging smile While others are treated as mud. Vladimir Mayakovski A passport can conceal or reveal, open or close. Who knows how the true-blue British passport will be treated after Brexit, but right now Russian travellers are likely to be attracting more than average scrutiny at border control. And none too many smiles.Is this another fake diplomat … [Read more...] about Russian passport to poetry, propaganda and pride
Irish passport
Irish passport to poetry and peace
Travelling light, I’m sitting on the train when I remember that last minute packing left no time for this month’s Sceptical Scot poetry blogpost. A routine check of essential documents finds an answer. Irish passport to the rescue.[This post was first written, on the train to London, in June 2018 when Boris Johnson was Foreign Secretary in Theresa May's government. As you … [Read more...] about Irish passport to poetry and peace