I recently moved house, so now I’m in the process of changing my address on various documents. One is the Car Registration / Ownership Certificate of my mighty Welsh Nissan with a Scandinavian name. I remembered that when I bought the car last year it took about 6 weeks to get the certificate with my [...]
After a whole week of sunshine and not less than 25 °C / 77 °F all day long, I kind of appreciated some fresh air this morning. Finally, a Summer storm! Well… no. It was dark, it was cloudy and it was chilly indeed. For just about 1 hour. Now it’s sunny again and definitely warmer. I wish I had [...]
This morning I put some order in the pile of magazines I have in my room and dumped a few. One cover with a big close up on a squirrel made me think of my trips overseas and when I was in London. I remember one day in New York City I was wandering and [...]
BBC – The Virtual Revolution – 3D Interactive Documentary Explorer. This is a great series of documentaries summarising the history of the web. A must see! No need to register on the BBC website, the videos are free
“Residents in a North Yorkshire village have said they are being terrorised by a rogue pheasant. The bird is said to wait silently in bushes in Newsham before jumping out and attacking its prey.” via BBC News – Newsham residents terrorised by rogue pheasant.
Ever since I moved to the UK 6 months ago, weekends have almost always been nothing but rainy, gloomy days. You’d say: what did you expect in Great Britain?? Well, that is true… but sometimes we’ve been surprised. Pleasantly surprised, I might say. This morning it is quite chilly, but the sky is clear and [...]
Just a couple of weeks ago I took this photo of the Serpentine in Hyde Park. It was very cold and not even the ducks dared try to ice-skate on its surface. It was a beautiful sight, though. Some really heavy snows challenged the British islands. I had never seen London with that much snow. [...]
“Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet” Click here to read The Times article. How about giving up meat 5 days a week? Thank could be a nice step too, I guess.
I am now settled down in Gloucestershire and I am absolutely loving it. The college campus is great and my course is very interesting, interactive and international. I I I. My classmates come from UK, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland, Kenya, Nigeria, Afghanistan, India, Malaysia and myself from Italy. We are a very diverse [...]
I like reading online newspapers, not only the Italian ones, but also some overseas. Visiting the websites, it often seems to me there are much more news on each website than on the actual newspapers. Plus, I can look for the same news or op-eds in different newspapers, which gives a wider perspective and even [...]
