I am a British citizen

Rachel

Today I took my affirmation of allegiance to King Charles III at Aberdeen's Marischal College and in return I received my certificate of British citizenship. They didn't reject me for my convict ancestry or my endless campaigning for cycle paths and so I'm very proud to say that I'm now a fully fledged British citizen.… Continue reading I am a British citizen

We’ve got an allotment!

About a year ago I applied for an allotment and just this week got the call to say there's one available. Allotments are a very British thing. They have been around for hundreds of years, since Anglo-Saxon times, according to The National Allotment Society. In Victorian times they were handed over to poor people as a… Continue reading We’ve got an allotment!