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My Thoughts on the 2019 UK Election
1. The election was won by the Tories because people in the “Labour heartlands”, those areas most affected by austerity, voted for the party which caused the austerity in the first place. 2. Almost 2 million more people voted for … Continue reading
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Greece’s Peloponnese in September 2019
This was a long-planned trip to go to our favourite country Greece with our Amercan friend Nancy. We felt that the Peloponnese, which is the southern part of the mainland, was the best area to visit in a week. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Akrocorinth, ancient bath, Areopoli, Asclepius, beehive tomb, Byzantine churches, Cape Tenaron, Corinth, Corinth canal, Cranae, Cyclopean walls, Deep into Mani, Dekoulou Monastery, Dirou Caves, Epidaurus theatre, frescoes, Gefyra, Greece, Greek food, Gytheion, Helen of Troy, Kotronas, Limeni, Lion Gate, little cats, Mani, Methoni, Methoni Castle, Monemvasia, Mycenae, Mycenaean, Mystras, Nafplio, Nestor's Palace, Palaia Epidaurus, Peloponnese, Pylos, Ryanair, stuffed tomatoes, Taygetos, Tomb of Agamemnon, tower houses, Treasury of Atreus, Trojan War, turtle, Vathi, Wizzair
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The Bad Side of Social Media: Brainwashing
An encounter with a leave-supporting protester outside Parliament this week led me, as an information scientist, to look again at the role of social media and the Internet in the Brexit debate. I asked this person, who I call X … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Dominic Cummings, EU referendum, Facebook, Lisbon Treaty, No Deal Brexit, social media, UK education
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Cyprus in Spring 2019: Nicosia, North Cyprus and the South
This is the second of two blog posts on our visit to Cyprus in May-June 2019. The first post is here. Go here for a picture gallery. In Nicosia, which is now more usually called Lefkosia, we stayed 2 nights … Continue reading
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Tagged Agia Napa, Alyki salt lake, ancient almonds, Armenia church Nicosia, Britishness in Cyprus, Buyuk Han caravanserai Nicosia, Cape Greco, Choirakoitia, Driving in Cyprus, Food in Cyprus, Girne, Hala Sultan Tekkesi, Kiti, Kyrenia, Kyrenia Castle, Larnaca, Leventis Municipal Museum, Maroni, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Panagia Angeloktisti, Selimiye Mosque Nicosia, Shipwreck Museum Kyrenia, Stavrovouni Monastery, sunset in Cyprus, Zygi
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Cyprus in Spring 2019: Paphos, Polis and Mountains
This is the first of two blog posts on our visit to Cyprus in May-June 2019. The second post is here. Go here for a picture gallery. When our planned trip to Sri Lanka in May 2019 was postponed after … Continue reading
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Tagged Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, Akamas Peninsula, Archbishop Makarios, Artemis trail, Avgas Gorge, Ayios Georgios Cyprus, Cedar Valley Cyprus, Chirch of Archangelos Michail, frescoes, House of Dionysus, Kakopetria, Kykkos Monastery, Mosaics, moufflon sheep, Mt Olympus Cyprus, Mt Tripylos, Panagia Podythou, Paphos, Paphos Castle, Pedoulas, Polis Cyprus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Throni Shrine, Tombs of the Kings, Troodos Mountains
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Put it to the People March 2019
There comes a time when you absolutely feel that you have to do something. That happened for Martin and myself when we heard that on Saturday 23 March 2019 there would be a Put it to the People March for … Continue reading
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Anatomy of a Daily Mail Comment
My anger boiled over late yesterday when I read comments on the Daily Mail’s report on the article it had published at 5pm on 22 February by Amber Rudd, Greg Clark and David Gauke “If we don’t get a deal … Continue reading
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Three Little Trips in Florida Autumn 2018
We spent six weeks at our Florida house in autumn 2018. It was wonderfully warm, over 80F most days, and we ate almost every meal outside by the pool. It was even warm enough to sit out in the rain … Continue reading
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Tagged airplane writing, Atsena Otie Key, bass, Camp Mack Fishing Camp, Cedar Key, Cedar Key National Wildlife Refuge, Christmas inflateables, cormorants, fishing competition, Florida, Grassy Key, great white pelicans, Hobe Mountain Observation Tower, Jonathan Dickenson State Park, Jupiter, Jupiter Island, Jupiter Lighthouse, Kissimmee State Park, Lake Kissimmee, Loxahatchee River, Manatee Springs State Park, Rainbos Springs State Park, Seahorse Key, Suwannee River, Trapper Nelson, vultures, Yeehaw Junction
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