Monthly Archives: February 2010

Minister agrees it is time to clear up “very British mess”

Posted on 2010-02-26 by Erithacus

In response to UKMA’s patron, Lord Howe, the junior Health Minister, Baroness Thornton said she “absolutely agreed” that it is “time for all of us, in all parties,…. to work together to clear up this long-standing and very British mess.”  … Continue reading →

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Spare a thought for any would-be Brysons out there

Posted on 2010-02-21 by derekp

What units do you choose when you are writing travel books and other popular non-fiction for English speakers, wherever they might be found? (Article written by a reader of Bill Bryson’s books)

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Muddle in Myanmar too?

Posted on 2010-02-14 by derekp

One of our readers in the US, Ezra Steinberg, provides this comment on the situation in Myanmar.

Posted in Views from abroad | 9 Comments