Category: Culture
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What is Truck Art?
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of the Stockwood Discovery Centre in Luton. As I’ve said in previous posts each time I go I find something new. We were invited to the opening of the Truck Art Exhibit a few weeks back and now that I’ve seen the finished product, I really wish…
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Outsourcing Call Centers
This is one of my pet peeves. I had an issue that I needed to ring that bank about today and my call was routed outside of the UK. This isn’t what bothers me, as I have been very satisfied on numerous occasions, what bothers me is that we’re so hypersensitive to being PC, that…
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My First Pancake Race, St Albans, 2011
Not something you see everyday…. A priest running passed with a pancake??? Go Team Clergy!
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Why do people hate Travellers so much?
Watching Big Fat Gypsy Wedding reminds me of when I first moved to the UK over 11 years ago. Please bear in mind that prior to this I had no experience of travellers. I was walking to the pub with my partner at the time; we had an open field behind our house. I said…
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How to Fake a British Accent?
Photo Credit I’m Canadian but have been living in the UK for 11 years and prior to that I lived in New Zealand for a couple of years and dated an Irish guy. Over time my accent appears to have morphed. When I’m in England, I don’t go a day without someone asking me where…