Observations of an Expat

Observations of an Expat

Looking Back-- Leaving Cornwall

An American Journalist's Half Century in Britain and the Wider Worlld

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Tom Arms
Mar 11, 2026
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Looking Back

An American Journalist’s Half Century in Britain and the Wider World

Chapter 12

Leaving Cornwall

My two-year apprenticeship at “The Packet” ended on January 2, 1974. I was free to leave “The Packet”. I couldn’t flee fast enough.

Looking back through rose-tinted spectacles, they were actually two great years. Cornwall is a beautiful county with a…

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