"I’m not a bloody debt collector – I want to give you money!"

Paul Connolly shouted at the wrong man after yet another builder ignored him. The solution to Swedish tradesmen’s silence, he discovered, is to trap them in a supermarket's snacks aisle.

Sammanhang: ... Paul Connolly shouted at the wrong man after yet another builder ignored him. The solution to Swedish tradesmen’s silence, he discovered, is to trap them in a supermarket's snacks aisle. ...

Omnämnda personer: Paul Connolly.

"You never know who you will meet or where it will take you"

New Norran English columnist, Mandy Pipher met a Swede at Oxford, married him in Canada, and has now moved to Norrland, where she will write about being an immigrant in the north.

Sammanhang: ... New Norran English columnist, Mandy Pipher met a Swede at Oxford, married him in Canada, and has now moved to Norrland, where she will write about being an immigrant in the north. ...

Omnämnda platser: Norrland, New Norran.

"Let your child sit with the pain - let them really feel it"

Paul Connolly thought being an older dad would automatically make him wise. But his daughter taught him a valuable life lesson about the importance of failure.

Sammanhang: ... Paul Connolly thought being an older dad would automatically make him wise. But his daughter taught him a valuable life lesson about the importance of failure. ...

Omnämnda personer: Paul Connolly.