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An outsider would consider us silly the way in which we manage the countryside. Farming the most fertile land intensively makes perfect sense, we need to eat. However we also farm the infertile low productivity land as intensively as possible, paying...
What turmeric isTurmeric is a spice that is often used as a food flavouring in Asian dishes. It belongs to the ginger family. It is also known as Indian saffron, jiang huang, haridra, haldi, as the major ingredient of curry powder 2, and as a bright yellow...
Cycling in Denmark The infrastructure in Denmark that supports cycling there is miles ahead of the UK. The cycle lanes in Denmark are on a separate tier to the roads, making it much safer for cyclists to commute alongside cars. There are also bike racks...
Dumbarton Castle Dumbarton Castle is the most ancient continuously fortified place in the British Isles. Dùn Breatainn means 'fortress of the Britains'. Records of a 'rex Alo Cluathe', or king of Dumbarton Rock, go back at least as far as 7th century...
“People see a massive disconnect between what is going on in their streets and town centres and what is on the BBC nightly news,” Raheem Kassam “I do not mix opinion and news within stories. When I look at sites like the Canary and Westmonster, I almost...
The Story of St. Justin Martyr Justin never ended his quest for religious truth even when he converted to Christianity after years of studying various pagan philosophies. As a young man, he was principally attracted to the school of Plato. However, he...
The nature of elections means that politicians are ripe for attack. Governments are well secured, political parties not so much. And then a campaign expands from a core party into a much more ad hoc organisations. That’s where you see people using resources,...
Such a lovely day. I was looking for a dragon this morning. For I did not want to make a cup of coffee I wanted to just sit in my warm nice bed and have a coffee delivered to my hands So I would have to find this dragon and get it into the kitchen and...
Pearson Education to acquire Duolingo in 2019? Duolingo is likely to be purchased by an existing global education company who would find Duolingo's user base and online platform attractive. As Pearson already has a business relationship with Duolingo...
The Clyde is the river close by. The river that I sit now and write. I am high up on a hotel balcony Drinking a morning coffee I was going to travel over the clyde today. However the ferry after doing its first journey is now berthed in Gourock. It seems...
“How does Shakespeare present the ways in which Tybalt’s hatred of the Capulets influences the outcome of the play?” This was a question in an English Literature Exam in England. The Exam Board OCR obviously unsure as to the understanding of Shakespeare....
Scots This dialect covers a large area known as West Central Scots, though speakers usually call their dialect Scots or Scotch which are the traditional names for the language. Within Glasgow a distinct city dialect is also spoken and sometimes called...
In the later medieval period the houses of the rich were made out of brick. However, brick was very expensive so many chose to make the half-timbered houses that are now commonly referred to as Tudor houses. Tiles were used on the roofs and some had chimneys...
Two infants per week are born Deaf in Ireland and 90% of Deaf children are born to hearing parents. Being Deaf does not affect a person's intelligence or ability to learn. It's a myth that Irish Sign Language affects normal speech ability. Deaf children...
There are some flowers such as the orchid, The Grammatophyllum multiflorum retains their freshness for up to nine months in a greenhouse. But the question is why? Why do some flowers live longer than others? The answer is a combination of many factors...
Micro-beer Europe has witnessed a significant growth in the number of microbreweries operating in the region in the last five years. The number of microbreweries grew by nearly 73% in the last five years. A microbrewery is defined as a brewery that produces...
Drinking coffee may help prevent liver cancer. This was one of a suggestion in a new study If you drink coffee you tend not to get cancer Especially the hepatocelluar cancer (HCC) Discovered in a Scottish University They said : “It may be important for...
This is the placeIn the north-west of England. It’s ace, it’s the best And the songs that we sing from the stands, from our bands Set the whole planet shaking. Our inventions are legends. There’s nowt we can’t make, and so we make brilliant music We make...
Manchester is the third-largest city in the Great Britain. It is situated in the north-west England. This city is very famous inside Britain and outside. There are many reasons of being Manchester known. For instance, It is considered as an industrial...
To spend a million pounds. How is it then to spend A Million Pounds. From a very young age We spend. Pennies. If you were lucky You may even get a pound. Or we got a saving bug Or had a post office account And so we saved our pennies Pennies Find a penny...
The marvelous story of the bell of Nagasaki: in the aftermath of the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945, one column of the Japanese city’s cathedral somehow survived, and in the desperate days that followed, someone managed to crawl to it to ring its...
Helen Lamb Spell of the bridge Hold the wish on your tounge As you cross What the bridge cannot hear Cannot fall For the river would carry Your hopes to the sea To the net of a stranger To the silt bed of dreams Hold the wish on your tongue As you cross...
Lady Frances Balfour (1858-1931) “Golf has ceased to be a peculiarly national game. It is now no longer a pastime for the impecunious Scot, armed with two of three clubs, and a feather ball, it has become a professional sport, pursued by devastating hordes...
A difficulty with sowing seeds in wild or semi-wild corners is my ignorance in plant identification. For instance, there are I think various kinds of buttercup that are poisonous but which look quite like land cress, so while the land cress seeds itself...
Coats and Camouflage We wear jerseys and thick coats in cold weather, and light clothes in the Summer. For the same reason bears, arctic foxes and arctic hares, and musk oxen, which all live in a cold climate, grow thick woolly coats, and animals which...
