Trivia Quiz 7
British Expat’s seventh trivia quiz, featuring Tarzan’s friend Jane, the cumulonimbus cloud, and Wigan Athletic’s election to the Football League.
GenXpat
“There’s plenty of evidence around to suggest that more people than ever before are seeking to earn their livelihoods in a country other than the one they’ve grown up in.” Dave reviews Canadian cross-cultural trainer Margaret Malewski’s guide to becoming an expat for young professionals: GenXpat.
An enquiry from West Africa
“‘Before the death of my father on february2005 in a private hospital here in Nouadhibou he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has 15 TONS DRIED WHALE PENISES…’ Our resident paleontologist, Dr Trev, doesn’t normally interest himself in the penises of whales. They’re a bit too fresh. However, he has agreed to attempt an approximation of how many individuals may have been castrated.” Trevor Dykes examines one of the weirdest 419 scams yet…
Tate Online – The Turner Prize
[pics and logo] Jemima Rellie, Head of Digital Programmes at Tate, tells us about the Turner Prize and how, if you can’t visit the exhibition at…
Bad Christmas
“Don’t you just love Christmas? The feelings of guilt when that distant relative sends you a card and it’s too late to send them one? … The arguments in the kitchen as mother-in-law insists that you don’t baste a turkey that way? No? This could be the book for you, then.” Dave McMahon reviews a rib-busting collection of stories about other people’s Christmas disasters.
Tate Online – Turner
[pics and logo] One of the curators of the world’s largest collections of works by J.M.W. Turner, Matthew Imms, tells us about the artist’s continued popularity…