04
Nov
A cobbler’s paradise
They say that in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king, but in the recession hit Ireland, it is the humble cobbler that is, if not king, a least a step up from the rest of us.
They say that in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king, but in the recession hit Ireland, it is the humble cobbler that is, if not king, a least a step up from the rest of us.
India, the Subcontinent. It is a cliché to call it a country of extremes, but it is accurate. From snow-capped mountains to burning deserts, neon lit skyscrapers to golden temples, space programs to polio, the booming millionaires to the starving masses.
The English have been described as a nation of shopkeepers, and are famed for their love of tea, but in reality we are a bunch of wet behind the ears amateurs in both those departments.