Yearly Archives: 2005

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I had never given much thought about salt until a few years ago when I read Roy Moxham’s excellent book “The Great Hedge of India”. The book tells of a chance discovery, in 1995, of a reference to a gigantic 1500-mile long hedge which the British grew across nineteenth-century India, and of the author’s efforts to find its remains.


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Pic of the Week – 28 November 2005

by Kay McMahon © 2005

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Kay adds:

“After spending months away from our home in Thailand, it was a relief to come back to the familiar sights, sounds and smells earlier this month. The Sanctuary of Truth is our neighbour, of course, and we’d half-forgotten just what an impressive sight it is.”

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A report from Currency UK Ltd London, 14 November 2005

Currency UK’s team of foreign exchange specialists spend much of their time assisting Brits transfer their funds abroad for property purchases, with Spain being the most popular destination. “Over the last few years we have seen several new areas gain in popularity and overtake the traditional destinations on the south coast,” says Adrian Jacob, Trading Director at Currency UK Ltd. “So we decided to commission some research to identify and clarify these


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This week: Weight - with one in five Britons now clinically obese, a look at some of the costs of obesity, for the obese themselves and for society in general.
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"I don't suppose I'm qualified to comment about timekeeping as I live in Spain, where the 'mañana' syndrome (rather like the German beach towel) is not just a joke. It is a way of life and probably an inbred instinct." Bob Fretwell ponders the Spanish pace of living...
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