Dubai is a place where the Britishness of a colonial yesteryear has been well preserved, from red-faced drunks to the well-trimmed lawns and bungalows of the British Embassy compound. So there has been a Lilliburlero feel to the tea-time conversation in Expatland over the last few days. Two topics dominate. One is the recently announced visit this autumn of the Queen, which attracted more positive interest than, I suspect, it would in Leeds or Bristol. The other is the disappearance from the air-waves of the BBC World Service.
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source: Daily Telegraph
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