British Expat Newsletter:
9 July 2003
This week: the death penalty – in India, the UK and Guantanamo.
British Expat Newsletter:
2 July 2003
This week: reFLAG – a campaign to redesign the Union Flag to celebrate ethnic diversity.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Leaders, dignitaries, celebrities and cultural icons reply to the time-honoured question…
When did they take the “Great” out of Britain?
“It has been some 30 years since I flew off to warmer climes clutching my passport and the intention to return home one day. But now that I’ve had my fill of wadi-bashing, dune driving, and tax-free living, I find that home has turned into a cross between a yob’s paradise, a banana republic and a police state. What the heck has happened to Britain during my absence?” Linda Heard ain’t planning on returning to the UK any time soon…
One day, I will be the organ grinder – Part Two
“the Organic Gardening Catalogue offers a mouth-watering range of organic seed. Within this stock list lurk many old and almost forgotten varieties of vegetables, with their traditional disease resistance and flavour. Yes, all those good, tasty veggies your granny used to grow, but which are out of favour today because they are not uniform and pleasing to the undiscerning eye, and do not conform to the rigid standards of the supermarkets.” Mike Clark makes a persuasive case for organic gardening.
Where did we lose the plot?
“The Independent newspaper reported this morning that 20,000 people die each year in NHS hospitals from bacterial infections caused by super bugs that are almost immune to all known antibiotics. Well, that might be the cause of death as a coroner sees it, but every housewife and retired old-fashioned Matron knows better.” Liz Butterfield laments the primacy of cost-cutting over excellence.