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Category Archives: England and Things English
IB Diploma: The Only Way Forward for Global Education
Throughout the world thousands of students are waiting for the results of their IB (International Baccalaureate) examinations sat in May and June. They are the culmination of two years of blood, sweat, tears, sleepless nights and some hard partying once … Continue reading
Posted in England and Things English, Expat Experiences, Family Life
Tagged academic qualifications for expats, Advanced Placement exams, expat education, expat students, GCE Advanced Level, Global Education, globally recognised qualifications, High School graduates, IB Diploma Programme, IB results 2012, International Baccalaureate, international education, International qualifications, international students, UK unversity, university applications
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Pylons and Pianos Unrelated?: Not as Much as You’d Think
Sometimes you read an article or catch something on TV that stops you in your tracks and makes you wonder about life. I had two experiences like that yesterday which (on a small scale) blew me away. The first was … Continue reading
Posted in Dutch Culture, England and Things English, Inspiration and Reflection, The Netherlands
Tagged Department of Energy and Climate, design and tecnology, electrical pylons, Energy, incubate festival, luke jerram, Netherlands, nurturing the spirit, play me I'm yours in Tilberg netherlands, Pylon Design Competition, Royal Institute of British Architects, Technology, Tilburg
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My Father’s Greatest Gift
He’s never said, but I rather think my dad would have liked a son to share his macho interests, but being the man he is, decided to make the best of a bad job. From an early age I could … Continue reading
Why writing sometimes has to take a backseat
A short post I’m afraid. Today is Sunday of a holiday weekend and the Captain and I are in England to celebrate a major birthday of our dear friend Michael. We are staying with him and wife Trish at the new home … Continue reading
If The Accent Fits, Should We Wear It?
Struggling this morning with a thumping headache brought on by an accidental glue-sniffing incident (long story) I was rather concerned I wouldn’t be able to think of anything to blog about. Getting the grey matter going was a slow job, until I … Continue reading
Posted in England and Things English, Expat Experiences, USA
Tagged English language, foreign accents, Linguistics, posh accents, Regional accents of English, social aspirations and accents, what accent should we have, what accents tell us about people, what we can tell about people from their accent
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Eurovision Song Contest: the Ultimate Revenge for Past Wrongs
Tonight the population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be holding its collective breath in anticipation, fascination and fear of humiliation. It is the annual Eurovision Song contest, held this year in Düsseldorf, Germany. Created in … Continue reading
Alternative Vote: Politics of Apathy by Committee
Before I get started I want to make clear from the outset that this is not going to be a for or against rant for one side or the other of the political debate. I have been relegated to the bench by … Continue reading
Posted in England and Things English, Personal challenges, Politics and Social Comment
Tagged alternative vote in UK, american political system, british political and electoral system, dirrering political systems of the western world, expats and overseas voting, living in different voting systems, living under a coalition government, political systems in Europe, politics in the UK, referendem on the alternative vote in britain
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A New Era: Dignity and Deference at the Royal Wedding
I’m exhausted. Weddings do that to me, Royal ones especially. It’s not the romance or love story or even the dress – it’s the splendor, pageantry and formality of the occasion in a time when deference, good manners and behaving well … Continue reading
Posted in England and Things English, Politics and Social Comment
Tagged behaving well, dignity, good manners, importance of the british monarchy in the life of the nation, monarchy of Britain, national ceremonies, Royal wedding, royal wedding in westminster abbey, Westminster Abbey, why the royal wedding is important to the nation, william and kate behaving well
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My Father and Other Animals
Having taught my sister and myself to ride bikes my father saw no reason not to apply similar methods to riding horses. He taught himself to ride by chasing down the milkman’s horse, which was guaranteed to be found relaxing at … Continue reading
Posted in England and Things English, Family Life
Tagged are squirrels vermin, childhood memories, childhood memories with fathers, childhood memoryies of dad, dads teaching children to ride bikes, dads teaching children to ride horse, dealing with squirrels in urban areas, detering squirrels and cats from gardens, keeping squirrels out of gardens, problems in the garden from squirrels, problems with squirrels digging up flower bulbs, protecting your garden from vermin, snowdrops
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Lagnaippe: Return to Childhood with Albert and The Lion
A few days back I made a comment in the blog Filed and Finished- Finally about poking the fates with a stick. Every time I hear the expression I have a visual – a young boy called Albert, poking a lion through the bars … Continue reading
How the English Approach Language Learning: Learning the Lingo Part I
The Captain and I settled into uncomfortable silence, looking down at the space between us. We had made an executive decision to, maybe, engage the services of a private Dutch tutor to finally get to grips with the language. There … Continue reading
Posted in England and Things English, Expat Experiences, Family Life, Learning Dutch, Personal challenges
Tagged Battle of Agincourt, Expat, expat experiences with languages, expat life, expats learning new language, how to learn a new language, humor, languages, learning a new language, learning Dutch
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Our highlight of the night? Coronation Street…
… and the much anticipated 50th year celebration of Coronation Street on British television (watched here in the Netherlands on satellite TV). To anyone not having a British heritage you may be scratching your head in confusion. Coronation Street is a soap opera running … Continue reading
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Britain the Best Country in the World Mr. Cameron? Not this week.
I’ve tried for the past few days not to comment on the rioting in Britain. Although the Scots and Welsh, quite rightly, will be pointing out the rioting is technically in England, not Britain. The television footage as shown by … Continue reading →