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A Long Way From Port Stanley

April 2nd 2012 was the 30th anniversary since the army of Argentina made an amphibious landing around the settlement of Port Stanley, the largest town on a miserable, lonely speck of land stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that goes by the name of Islas Malvinas, or,…

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April 4, 2012

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Makin’ a Bad Ting Good

Last year saw the debut of a new children's TV show in Britain, adapted from a successful series of children's books, as a lot of kid's TV is. The only trouble is that, rather than being yet another show about talking animals who repeat the same moral messages Sesame Street…

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March 18, 2012

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Supporting Diversity Role Models

By Ron Kemp This is getting good. Lately, there's been more "good news" stories to write about than the heavy alternate. I like that. In the U.K., there's an organization called Diversity Role Models. Their mission is to do just that: provide role models for LGBT teens in an…

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March 15, 2012

$Life of Pi?$

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Life of Pi?

Maths sucks. This is a universal fact, accepted without hesitation by generations of schoolchildren for decades. It's hellishly difficult, labyrinthine in its endless complexities and, on rare occasions, can end up driving you suicidally insane. Though most of us don't descend to that level of frustration, the vast majority…

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March 2, 2012

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One Expensive Party

Tucked away in the lower echelons of today's news, and rather reluctantly presented, is the story of two pre-university age teenagers who have taken the government to court over its decision, courtesy of 'Business Secretary' Vince Cable, to allow unversities across England (but not Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland,…

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February 17, 2012

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A Night of Magic in Libreville

(On a pragmatic note, readers should interchange my use of the word 'football' for 'soccer'.) The 2012 African Cup of Nations concluded this evening, with the final squaring off Ivory Coast against Zambia. Did you watch it? This was a magnificently dramatic game between one of the best teams…

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February 13, 2012

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A Very Grey Country; Britain

I live in Britain, known informally by the rest of the world as 'England', whose official name is the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' a state that has only been in existence for less than 80 years. Despite being legally unified with Wales in the 1530s,…

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February 12, 2012