This week the U.K. voted to go to war against the terrorists in Syria. It doesn’t seem to be a popular cause in the U.K. or perhaps it is simply that its opponents are more vocal as it is hard to admit support for a war. Of course there is no easy solution and none… Continue reading War In Syria, Peace In The Middle-East
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James Bond – Spectre – Film Review
I’ve been looking forward to Spectre for a long time. I’m a big James Bind fan, I like all the movies except for the Pierce Brosnan films which for some reason I really don’t like at all. I guess I just found him too smarmy and the films too generically action orientated. The Daniel Craig… Continue reading James Bond – Spectre – Film Review
Jeremy Corbyn – Power to the people!
I don’t often write about politics unless something exception is happening and at the moment something very exceptional is definitely happening in the U.K. and to differing degrees across Europe and the USA. Before General Election in May, I penned the post “Who To Vote For When All The Political Parties Suck” In the last… Continue reading Jeremy Corbyn – Power to the people!
You are what you live
Have you ever given pause to thought about national stereotypes and the perceptions that strangers may have of you because of where you live? It’s hard to talk about such things without over generalising but often like many other things they can be based on fact. Germans can come over as hard working and… Continue reading You are what you live
The Idiots guide to Greece, Euro problems and defaulting on debt.
Granted this might not be the most exciting titled blog I’ve ever written but it is probably the one that makes most sense. I’ve decided to write my easy to understand guide to Greece and the Euro based on common-sense and my memories of international economics classes. Greece has given the world much. Ideals of… Continue reading The Idiots guide to Greece, Euro problems and defaulting on debt.
Top 10 requirements of a happy office versus working from home!
Apparently many offices in Britain are not as nice a working environment as they could be and a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reveals the top 10 desirable traits a workplace should have, according to UK workers. I thought it would be fun to compare my experiences of working from home as… Continue reading Top 10 requirements of a happy office versus working from home!
Mad dogs and Englishmen
You might not realise it if you live elsewhere but for today at least London is about the hottest city on planet earth, not including Paris and err New Delhi. It’s easy for everyone to scoff at the idea that we aren’t living in the hottest place on earth, especially if you happen to live… Continue reading Mad dogs and Englishmen
Time to stop the Police Shoot to Kill policy?
The recent shooting of Walter Scott in the back has made the news not just in South Carolina but around the world and is the latest case of police in the United States seemingly having a low regard for people of a certain colour and for having itchy trigger fingers in general. I’ve been meaning… Continue reading Time to stop the Police Shoot to Kill policy?
Was it something I said? – Accents and dialects of the world and Great Britain
Over the weekend it was a revealed in a Time Magazine survey that we British apparently have the most sexy accent in the world. Whilst not sure how many from Tanzania or Mongolia were surveyed, we sure are grateful to all our English speaking and European friends. I must say though that I find it… Continue reading Was it something I said? – Accents and dialects of the world and Great Britain
The Death of the music scene in London
I’ve written before on the various building and engineering projects that are transforming many cities in Britain and London in particularly. In the grand scheme of things, many of these obviously offer huge improvements bringing 20th and often 19th century infrastructure into the new millennia. However increasingly it is becoming obvious that all is not… Continue reading The Death of the music scene in London
Stephen Liddell 