Those of you who follow this blog and my Twitter stream know how exercised I get about politics and elections in particular. And that my great regret is that I cannot vote here in the UK.A short explanation of how I've got myself into this situation follows:My native Finland was declared … [Read more...]
No, I’m not that Helena Halme
I think I have a real life double. I've never met her, but I keep hearing about her. Last night on Twitter I was asked if I free-lance as a translator on YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Corporation).No, I don't.Now, Halme is not an uncommon name in Finland, nor is Helena, but with five million people in a … [Read more...]
My life as a spy
My career in UK started as translator/ journalist at the BBC Monitoring Service in Caversham. There I listened to Finnish and Swedish radio broadcasts, selected relevant news items and translated them into English.The Degree in Political Science from the Swedish School of Economics in Helsinki gave … [Read more...]
