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Asbos Asbos were once used to clamp down on unruly teenagers. Now they are being used in petty disputes between neighbours First they came for the hoodlums, and we did not speak up, because teenagers get on everyone’s nerves. But next they’re coming for...
The Troubles refers to a violent thirty-year conflict framed by a civil rights march in Londonderry on 5th October 1968 and the Good Friday Agreement on 10th April 1998 At the heart of the conflict lay the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. The...
Scottish kilt For anyone of Scottish ancestry, the kilt is a symbol of honor for the clan which they belong. First worn by those who lived in the Scottish Highlands, the kilt was a manner of dress that afforded the fighting army with possibly its most...
The World's 26 richest people own as much as the poorest 50%, The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a report showing that the 26 richest billionaires own as many assets as the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest...
GOMA this is the library on Queen street in Glasgow. I enjoy popping in out of the rain. Normally just for about five or ten minuts. There is a statue of a man on a horse outside with a cone on his head. The students did it as a prank many years ago....
pickles, chutneys, jams, marmalades and fruit butters and cheeses. I do the same. It's a routine in this house whenever there's a glut of whatever. At present in the cuboard are, cold-pickled onions, ditto red cabbage, pickled plums, pickled beetroot,...
The Forgotten Celtic History of Ancient Poland The ancient history of Poland is more connected with Goths and other local tribes than with the Celts. However, during many excavations archaeologists have discovered links between the modern territory of...
European colonisation of the Americas resulted in the killing of so many native people that it transformed the environment and caused the Earth’s climate to cool down. Settlers killed off huge numbers of people in conflicts and also by spreading disease,...
Roses March is the latest you should plant bare-root roses. These are usually purchased by mail order and arrive, as the name suggests, not in a container but with their roots exposed, so it's very important to get the plants into the ground as soon as...
Reading aloud Some books are better (and more fun) for reading out loud than others. One of the reasons we invented continuous prose was to lay out an argument, piling points on top of each other, weighing one view against another, even to invite the...
Lavender is a favourite herb of a lot of gardeners, and for good reason. Its soothing colour and fragrance can pervade your garden when fresh and your home when dried. Few can resist its charms. Unfortunately, few of us live in a climate similar to its...
The word lavender comes from the Latin, lavare, meaning “to wash,” and it was a popular herb added to the bath in ancient Egypt and Phoenicia, Greece and Rome. A lavender-infused salve applied to the body was a welcome perfume in times when fragrance...
Wolves Many countries in Europe have a wolf and even a bear population. You can see this in Italy, Jugoslavia,the Czech Republic, Slovakia and also Poland amongst many other European countries. There are no major issues with livestock as they were always...
Back in Tudor times it was the rich and powerful took land of the peasants. There was a rhyme about it, then .. They hang the man and flog the woman Who steals the goose from off the common Yet let the greater villain loose That steals the common from...
How to improve your sleep Most adults don’t get the rest they need. Many important restorative processes take place while we are asleep. yet most people fail to get the seven to nine hours recommended for us. Sleep deprivation has been linked to a long...
outdoor schooling There has been much research focused on the outdoors, outdoor play, and outdoor education including sustainability and recreation activities. ‘Outdoor learning is an important and integral part of a high-quality early childhood education...
Reptiles Alligators, crocodiles, tortoises, turtles, snakes and lizards are all members of the reptile family. Reptiles live mainly on land, but some of them spend a lot of time in water They all have scaly, watertight skins. They are cold-blooded which...
"A lion is not a dog." Translation:Lew to nie pies. " Kaczka nie jest psem. " Translation:A duck is not a dog. " Czy lew to nie kot? " Translation:Is a lion not a cat? "Is a tomato a vegetable?" Translation:Czy pomidor to warzywo? " Nie jesteś dzieckiem....
Time Bank What is a Time Bank Time is something I know A Bank is where my money is. Food Banks are all over the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland because of poverty. However a Time Bank is something interesting, perhaps it is like a...
wstep Mam na imie Antek wirzelski i chce wam opowiedziec. O tym co mnie spotkalo w dziwnej krainie My name is Antek wirzelski and I want to tell you. About what happened to me in a strange land 1 lektura Jestem w szkole omawiamy nasza piersza lekture...
An ephemera accumulation into art Artists, had a reponsiblity to help society and to prevent future wars. Auto-Destructive Art Manifesto (1960) Gustav Metzger Man In Regent Street is auto-destructive. Rockets, nuclear weapons, are auto-destructive. Auto-destructive...
Davie Crockett The family Crockett came from Scotland The surname Crockett was first found in Larkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland , now divided into Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow....
Liverpool is lovely. I once had a council house there in Liverpool. I like to visit it often. Liverpool is close to my heart. Liverpudlians are close in nature to Glaswegians. It is a warm place where comedy and laughter brings joy to the air. The docks...
Scotland is hugely into soul music, If you went to a club in Scotland in the 1960's, you would hear Tamla-Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Chess, Brunswick … the labels that put out soul music in the States. That was the standard fare for all of the club music....
Three young YouTube stars have died at a waterfall in Canada. Police said Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh and Megan Scraper were swimming at the top of Shannon Falls in British Columbia on Tuesday when they “slipped and fell into a pool 30 metres below”. The...
