The Guardian has an informative article about British diplomats who blog. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) launched a web platform two years ago and now 30 diplomats blog about all number of subjects.

The FCO says it takes a hands-off approach to what its ambassadors write about. Some stick to government policy. Others write colourfully about the pitfalls of overseas life. In a recent blog posting Britain’s governor of the Cayman Islands, Stuart Jack, revealed a gang of marauding green iguanas had invaded his roof. He even attached a picture. (Jack also pointed out that crocodiles once indigenous to the Cayman Islands but now found only in Cuba and Florida had been spotted paddling off the coast. He admitted that the sighting might have been a large fish.)
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