During the years we lived in Hampshire, my mum and I would often go to the various shows and parades at the barracks and parade grounds in Winchester. I was really chuffed to see this as regardless of what one thinks of the war(s), we certainly don’t do enough of it.
Hampshire welcomes home all three […]
Filed under: englishness, media on January 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been listening to the debate over the government’s recent announcement that companies should providing their own internal training and certification programmes, allowing employees who don’t necessarily have traditional degrees or strong academic results to be able to gain more “trade” like skills and qualifications. It’s an interesting debate. Most of the companies I’ve worked […]
Filed under: englishness on January 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
A day late but a whisky toast to you! As with some of my most cherished memories, one of the best Burn’s night suppers I experienced was in Rome. We started off in one flat for drinks and nibbles, adjourned to another flat for our tatties, neaps and haggis and then moved onto to another […]
Filed under: culinery delights, global britishness on January 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Filed under: famille et amis, living the dream on January 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Complete and utter lusciousness. Did I mention I’m a Mac addict…way past the helping or intervention stage. I’m totally intravenous Mac at this point.
Oh, and because Mac adverts always have the coolest music. The song is New Soul by Yael Naim and if you don’t know this Israeli singer, check her out. Elle est […]
Filed under: tech, shamelessly stolen, educ 205 on January 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
Twelfth Night Act 2 sc 3.
Having been particularly anti-social for much of the year, I’d like to say simply the festive season but it just isn’t true. Our anti-socialness pervavded 2007 in its entirety, we, well, I decided to have a Twelfth night party. Sort of. We forwent the costumes and the games and the […]
Filed under: famille et amis, culinery delights on January 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Perhaps one more year then, before he really is forced into retirement. Better make this one count, Fisi.
Fisichella signs on with Force India
Filed under: Formula 1 on January 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
