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“British citizens top list for visa-free travel” (unless they live in Canada)
British citizens top list for visa-free travel – Daily Telegraph I have to admit that I have never had a problem travelling in Europe using my British passport. Behind the …
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My New Life Gets Off to a Running Start
I blame the sneakers. I ought to have known it was a mistake to buy white ones. (What an awful word ‘sneakers’ is! In my youth we had plimsolls, spikes…
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Dining Out in Stockholm
The word ‘blog’ certainly looks like it belongs in an IKEA catalogue — somewhere close to skubb, grov and krog — but it isn’t a Swedish word. Or perhaps I…
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Dirty, or just stained? Theology in a coffee cup.
Swiss Chalet is a well known Canadian restaurant chain specialising in spit-roasted chicken. Their meals are modestly priced and somewhat unimaginative — good, basic, wholesome fare. Not the place to…
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Mnemonic Mneeded
I've always been good with numbers. We did mental arithmetic at Prince Rock Junior School, and I always scored near the top. Totting up columns of four-and-tuppences and such like…
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Faint Hope?
Image via Wikipedia Easter — Sunday, 4 April 2010. I went to church this morning and found myself wondering whether I believed what I was singing and saying. What does…