Articles by Robert Tickler

Frustration with the internet is a common theme of the Rust but when you are deprived of it you really appreciate it. This happened yesterday in our apartment when for no apparent reason my iPad lost its WiFi connectivity. It still worked on my mobile. I tried all the obvious ways of [...]

A good friend of mine recently gave me a photo frame to which you can download digital photos. It was given with the very best of intentions. I’m an old fashioned sort of guy who likes an instruction manual not, as was the case here, an app. My problems started when I must have tapped in my email [...]

Yesterday I attended at the Spire Montefiore Hospital to see a urologist regarding a kidney stone which has this year caused pain and discomfort. The previous day I called my medical insurers to confirm my cover. When I presented myself the receptionist took my details but erroneously registered me [...]

On our last full day the highlight was an invite to the home of hotel owner Sir Royston Hopkin. He is quite a guy. After leaving school he joined British American insurance company but moved into the family business at Ross Point Inn. In 1969 he was appointed to the board of Spice Island Hotel [...]