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As HM Consul to Iran over the period of this incident, it proved to be a hopelessly frustrating and humiliating experience

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A British diplomat worked with the North Korean military to recover the remains of an RAF pilot shot down

To tell people that a British diplomat had a close working relationship with the North Korean military for a 6 month period would in itself raise more than a few eyebrows.

North Korea was always full of surprises and about the most unlikely and last place on earth you would think of learning how to play golf

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A strange existence. North Korea was labelled the "Hermit Kingdom" for good reason. You were in a country that really was sealed off from the rest of the world.

Royal Navy Hostages In Iran- What Really Happened in 2007 is an event that at the time was global news. From my perspective as Her Majesty's Consul to Iran at

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As Her Majesty's Consul in Iran in 2007 having to deal with the taking of UK naval hostages by the Iranians

This is the real story of how a foreigner lived, worked & survived for 3 years in North Korea

There are many 10 minute YouTube travel videos from visitors to North Korea (mainly just Pyongyang). But what was it really like to live, work and survive full time for 3 years in this isolated country labelled The Hermit Kingdom and named as one of the infamous Axis of Evil countries?

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So it was on a cold and windy January morning in 1998 that I arrived at Heathrow to catch my early morning flight to Vienna en-route to my final destination Tirana, the capital city of Albania. With all the background briefs on the country I had read up on, I was setting off on this, my first overseas posting with a

#albania #tirana #royal air force #british military

I have been asked many times as to how an Royal Air Force Russian linguist ended up as a diplomat. What was the journey from the RAF to the Diplomatic Service? Did your military service and qualifications help with the process? All reasonable questions, so here is a brief description of the journey. The Diplomatic

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A story how 3 British diplomats trapped in their embassy in Tirana during civil unrest were rescued by the SAS

SAS Rescue 3 British Diplomats in Albania is a story of how the Special Air Service (SAS) rescued myself and two colleagues who were trapped in the British embassy in Tirana having been evacuated into the embassy on 12th September 12th 1998 as the country erupted into civil unrest and lawlessness. The boys from Hereford did good!

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A timely evacuation of 72 foreign oil workers from Libya ahead of capture by approaching Gaddafi loyalists

#libya

A British diplomat worked with the North Korean military to recover the remains of an RAF pilot shot down

To tell people that a British diplomat had a close working relationship with the North Korean military for a 6 month period would in itself raise more than a few eyebrows.

#pyongyang north korea

This concludes the story of the ambush and shooting of two British diplomats on Dajte mountain in 1998

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As Her Majesty's Consul in Iran in 2007 having to deal with the taking of UK naval hostages by the Iranians

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What should have been a positive North Korean story about an RAF pilot turned out to be a cruel deception

#deception

The timely evacuation of 72 foreign oil workers from Libya just ahead of approaching Gadaffi loyalists

#gaddafi

My Diplomatic Life - The True Stories gives you an in-depth look at the varied work, I as a diplomat had to carry out in various conflict posts including the so-called "Axis of Evil" posts around the world. Below are some of the exciting and sometimes quite unbelievable situations and experiences

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