Before the first notes of the fanfares of the Opening Ceremony have been sounded the first “muck up” of the Olympics has happened. Yesterday was the first day of events starting with the ladies soccer. At Scotland’s Hampden Park ground the match between North Korea and Columbia was delayed for about an hour after the Korean players walked off the pitch, the reason… As the North Korean players were being introduced before the match against Colombia, South Korean flags were mistakenly displayed in...
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Well the games have started, all be it before the opening ceremony, GB ladies soccer team beating NZ 1-0 and USA beating France 4-2. Of course there are some who already will not be taking part in the games. Greece with all it’s issues have already sent one ...
Even before the Olympic Games start this Friday there have been many events that hit the headlines some of which are just a little strange. London conjures images of crowded pubs, which conjure images of pints of beer, which conjure the taste of … Heineken? Well,not really. Which is why having the Dutch brewery's lager as “The official beer for the London Olympic Games” caused a stir in British Parliament. A few days later there was equal furry in the USA, when it was divulged that the “preppy” st...
STARTING JUNE 4th I AM ON MY VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR. PLEASE STOP BY AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ME AND MY NEW BOOK My virtual tour stop today was an interview at INSIDE BJ's HEAD Not only that but also a review... "Honestly, it's short about 73 pages or so.....and the stories are so different from one to the other. Thankfully you'll know if you need a tissue or not...the author has put a tissue icon by the title of all the stories the are deemed cry worthy. Trust me when I say TAKE THAT ADVICE!!!! I...
London, France's sixth biggest city By Lucy Ash More French people live in London than in Bordeaux, Nantes or Strasbourg and it is now thought to be France's sixth biggest city in terms of population. What is attracting a new generation of young French professionals to the city? On a wet Friday night in Hackney, a group of young professional women walk into a pub. Laughing about the British weather, they shake their umbrellas, peel off their raincoats and make their way to the bar. Like many Londoner...
The leaders of the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state unanimously approved the changes to succession to the throne laws at a summit in Perth, Australia. The Commenwealth (used to be the pink bits on old maps) are actullay still around 54-nation organisation, which represents two billion people around the globe ranging from Canada, Australia, South Africa. New Zealand, and India to small West Indian islands such as Barbados and Grenada.Under the old succession laws, dating back mor...
Was the Declaration of Independence legal?reported by BBC...On Tuesday night, while Republican candidates in Nevada were debating such American issues as nuclear waste disposal and the immigration status of Mitt Romney's gardener, American and British lawyers in Philadelphia were taking on a far more fundamental topic. Namely, just what did Thomas Jefferson think he was doing? Some background: during the hot and sweltering summer of 1776, members of the second Continental Congress travelled to Philadelph...
An animal charity has rescued a cow in South Ayrshire which got its head stuck in a ladder. Members of the public called the Scottish SPCA after spotting the bewildered beast in a field beside the Troon to Barassie road last month. An inspector contacted the farmer who owned the Belgian Blue bullock and helped return it to the herd unharmed. The farmer, who recently took on the lease to the land, said he had no idea how the ladder ended up in the field. 'Surprisingly calm' Scottish SPCA Inspector Ke...
A murder mystery dating back to 1879 has been finally resolved after a skull unearthed in BBC legend David Attenborough's garden was formally recognised as that of a woman murdered by her maid 132 years ago.Julia Martha Thomas, a wealthy widow aged 55, was killed by her 29-year-old housekeeper Kate Webster very close to Park Road in well-to-do Richmond, but her head was never found.The case became known as the 'Barnes Mystery', which gripped London at the time.Webster, a convicted thief and fraudster, ch...
(There is a slight gap at the begining of the show when I lost all my connections, but the show is one not to miss.)New York Times best selling author Steve Berry is a person I use as a example to other authors, and it was interesting upon having him back as my guest on tonight’s show, that he uses the same example of what happened to him when talking to other users. Steve has been writing since 1990, and it took him 12 years and 85 rejections (over five different editions) to finally sell a manuscript. ...
