British Expat Newsletter:
12 March 2008
This week: Citizenship – and some of the recent attempts to define and shore up “Britishness” in the UK’s ever-changing population
This week: Citizenship – and some of the recent attempts to define and shore up “Britishness” in the UK’s ever-changing population
This week: Warren Mitchell – some thoughts on one of Britain’s most distinguished actors, and his controversial character Alf Garnett
This week: Suffragettes – their struggle to achieve political rights for women in the United Kingdom
“The scale of migration [since EU expansion in 2004] has cheered those eager to promote mobility within the EU and distressed those who fear the economic and social effects of uncontrolled immigration. Yet both cheerleaders and detractors of Europe’s newfound mobility are getting worked up by a temporary phenomenon.” Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah explains why the UK has nothing to fear from the legendary Polish plumber.
This week: Aid projects – some of the difficulties faced in spending development assistance sensibly.
This week: Waste – how many of the world’s resources are being squandered, and what some individuals and organisations are (or aren’t) doing about it.