Living in England

As Americans living in England for over 35 years now, it's still kind of like living an ethnographic experience! Here is a running commentary on having fun in England...

Friday, 30 March 2012

More Chainsaw Art at Thornley Woods

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Frog meets snake Back in October, I wrote about a visit to Thornley Woods , west of Newcastle, where a chainsaw artist had just fin...
Tuesday, 27 March 2012

gleeb visits Toronto: standing on Scotland

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Scotland used to be part of North America – a continent called Laurentia. The opening of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean around 55 million y...
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Saturday, 24 March 2012

gleeb goes to Toronto: 'Visit Britain' posters

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The last things I expected to see when arriving In Toronto were "Visit Britain" posters plastered everywhere on the subway. And th...
Wednesday, 21 March 2012

gleeb goes to Toronto: LHR Terminal 5

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First experience of Terminal 5 at Heathrow; judgment: very nice! It was cavernous – more so than Terminal 4 and somewhat like Stanstead. And...
Sunday, 18 March 2012

Hospital Radio – ever heard such a thing?

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Pardon my ignorance, but I had never heard of hospital radio before. Until last week when I was in for an appointment and picked up a magazi...
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Thursday, 15 March 2012

Update on Chewing Gum: songs, even!

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Suddenly within the last couple of weeks, new posters have appeared on the underground tube stations ('subways' to all you out the...
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Monday, 12 March 2012

Fitflops – shoes Vivienne Westwood would like

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Vivienne Westwood said recently (not to me personally, of course, but as reported in the newspaper) that Brits dress too dully. Vivienne wou...
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