Thoughts from, and the lives of a Canadian and a Brit living in Southern England.

Tag Archives: London

London mothers should move to Outer Hebrides to find happiness

See on Scoop.it – News and Current Affairs British mothers living in the UK’s most remote spots should be among the happiest people in the country, a think-tank revealed as the Government prepared to release its first report on public quality of life. See on www.standard.co.ukContinue Reading

Pilot’s view during Jubilee flypast of Buckingham Palace

So if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like flying in formation, wonder no more – the MoD has released video taken in several of the planes involved in the flypast at the end of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations: BBC News – Pilot’s view during Jubilee flypast of Buckingham Palace.Continue Reading

Visa forces ATMs at Olympics venues to close

You may have seen this story over the past couple of days: Visa forces ATMs at Olympics venues to close | Money | guardian.co.uk. If you are one of the lucky people to have got tickets for the Olympics, you’d better make sure you have enough cash before you go. In much the same wayContinue Reading

This is Not Them – This is Us

Everybody I know is shocked by the pictures filling our TV screens and on the front pages of our newspapers this morning. The airwaves are filled with harrowing stories of people losing everything as the mob burned their home, shopkeepers barricading themselves in their shops to try and protect their livelihoods, and kids and youngContinue Reading

Not Easily Impressed

Visit to Globe Academy, originally uploaded by The Prime Minister’s Office. This is probably my favourite shot so far, not for Obama and Cameron having a great time reliving battles across the ping pong table from the sixth form common room, but because of the distinctly unimpressed voter of the future behind. Maybe she’s justContinue Reading