Category Archives: 2006

Archive of British Expat’s newsletters for the year 2006

British Expat Newsletter:
22 November 2006

By Kay McMahon | Published: 22 November 2006

Hello, and welcome to those who have joined up since our last newsletter.

In this issue This week: One Fat Lady Virtual Snacks Bizarre Searches Quotation and joke This week

Cooks and chefs always seem to be in the news these days. We’ve had Jamie Oliver campaigning to bring about an improvement in school dinners. Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant openings continue to make the papers, as do his reality TV shows – peppered, of course, with his famously brutal management style and expletives. And my personal bugbear, Delia,


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British Expat Newsletter:
8 November 2006

By Kay McMahon | Published: 8 November 2006

Hello, and welcome to those who have joined up since our last newsletter.

In this issue This week: Fictional police/detectives Virtual Snacks Bizarre Searches Quotation and joke This week

We’ve just finished watching the first two series of Lynda La Plante’s “Trial and Retribution”, with David Hayman in the lead role as hard-nosed detective Mike Walker. Gripping stuff. Each episode is about three hours long and it’s impossible to stop watching once you’ve started, so that led to a few late nights – early mornings, more like.

It


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British Expat Newsletter:
25 October 2006

By Kay McMahon | Published: 25 October 2006

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Hello, and welcome to those who have joined up since our last newsletter.

In this issue This week: Trashed House Virtual Snacks Bizarre Searches Quotation and joke This week

Sorry we missed sending the newsletter for a week or two; here are our excuses. First we went off to Cambodia for a week (watch out for more new content on the website soon). And secondly, after working behind the scenes for months on another new website, we decided to do nothing else but that site


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British Expat Newsletter:
11 October 2006

By Kay McMahon | Published: 11 October 2006

Hello, and welcome to those who have joined up since our last newsletter.

In this issue This week: Domestic appliances Virtual Snacks Bizarre Searches Quotation and joke This week

As you read this on your computer, chances are that you’re surrounded by other technical innovations in your home: fridge, freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, etc. They’re just everyday conveniences which most of us take for granted. But even these humble objects have interesting histories if you care to delve a little into the past.

Some of them have been


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British Expat Newsletter:
4 October 2006

By Kay McMahon | Published: 4 October 2006

Hello, and welcome to those who have joined up since our last newsletter.

In this issue This week: Prisons Virtual Snacks Bizarre Searches Quotation and joke This week

A BBC article about a postman who was sentenced to four months imprisonment, for burning mail he should have delivered, recently sparked off some debate on the British Expat forum. Whilst not making light of his crime – after all, the mail which he’d burned might have been crucial for some people or their businesses – it was generally


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