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Employee benefit trusts are commonly used by companies to so as to pay their top-earning employees which would avoid paying, Cheating on the income tax and NICs that would be payable under the Pay As You Earn. This is an another example of how the rich...
Scaffolding Masons, when they start upon a building Are careful to test out the scaffolding; Make sure that planks won't slip at busy points, Secure all ladders tighten bolted joints. And yet all this comes down when the job's done Showing off walls of...
A Norman Castle ......... ...........the Oxford Castle Oxford Castle is quite a good example of an early Norman castle. Like the other first Norman castles in Britain it started as an earth mound and then a wooden structure ... The first of the Oxford...
Word 1: Wasbeer I absolutely think this word is adorable. Literally translated, it means "washbear". In all actuality, it's a raccoon! =D Word 2: Handschoenen This one makes me giggle. The literal translation is "hand shoes". What does it actually mean?...
If you have ever been in Nice, France, you may have been startled by a very loud noon time boom. It occurs every day at precisely 12.00 and is a remnant from the Victorian times, when a British wife couldn’t remember to go home for lunch. How a Scottish...
I started buying my furniture at auction years ago when I realised that for the price of an Ikea unit made from particleboard and liable to start looking frayed before if even finished putting it together, I could get something in solid hardwood that...
What Makes Scotland an independent country. Here's how Scotland measures upon the criteria that define an independent country or state. Space or Territory With Internationally Recognized Boundaries Boundary disputes are OK. Scotland does have internationally...
The easily worked, close-grained wood of the black walnut has long been prized by furniture- and cabinetmakers for its attractive color and exceptional durability. Its logs are in such demand for veneer that “walnut rustlers” have made off with trees...
Looking up. Looking around Observing the world all around without a smartphone Without a mobile phone Being one with the Nature underneath the castle breathing in the world participating with the actuality All is good Fortresses have always occupied hills...
It is so sad that the verges in most parts of the country prove to be just convenient passing places for farmer's large four wheel drive tractors, SUVs and delivery vans. Their wholesale destruction by unconcerned drivers is turning them into mud and...
Nowadays there is now a par for the course for all of the so called 'disruptive technology' it disrupts but mainly to put huge amounts of money into the hands of a very few people. Facebook, Google,Tripadvisor, Airbnb, and many more start out as apparently...
There is one bad side to hand sanitisers - they kill all bacteria and viruses thus leaving the good bacteria no chance to fight viruses and harmful bacteria. And too much sterilisation has led to the development of MRAS and others just as feeding too...
There is something about slowing down and enjoying the nature in our neighbourhood Before this coronavirus we may have been jumping in a car and been whizzing past a lot of nature under our noses in order to get to a national park, but there is all this...
This Coronavirus will result in a kinder society, People say that when people are kind to them, it has a positive impact on their mental health. being kind to others further boosts their own mental health. there is powerful support from the Scottish public...
Trees symbolise grace, magnificence, steadfastness and permanence in our lives. In eastern cultures, trees are symbols of greatness with humility. The more they are laden, the greater they bow down. Reminds me of all my favourite trees as the months roll...
The meadow is so beautiful. Poppies, daisies, I want to call the blue flowers bachelor buttons or cornflower, but don't know if that is right. If it had some bulbs that flowered earlier, or some later flowering perennials it would be a joy all year round....
Norman castles After the victory at the Battle of Hastings The Normans then tried to establish themselves in Britain So they firstly, quickly built some castles. Those first castles were not made of stone. Those castles,each one of them to begin with....
GG Giovanni di Paolo: The Baptism of Christ When you walk up and down the stairs of National Galllery there is a truly heavenly painting that carries your thoughts to a Biblical perspection. This was painted many years ago and not on a canvas but on wood....
The Norman Castles The Saxons did not like the Normans. However the Saxons had lost their leaders. They had lost in the Battle of Hastings. So it was difficult for the Saxons to organise. To organise a fight against the Normans. Duke William of Normandy...
rain, too much sun, too much rain again and everything flops. Lank growth is not good at standing upright – petals turn into dirty hankies and everything rots. This results in all sorts of leaning on neighbours or just plain flouncing on the floor, which...
The privatisation of our forests The Forestry Commission forests here in Scotland are under threat. Forests are important in creating the system of law and freedoms for the commoners in the Britain. Why the natural world we live in is restricted this...
The pleasure in the countryside listening to the birds singing All is peace with a gentle breeze Relaxing in the coolness of a glade surrounded by trees in a tranquil forest A path leads up to a place to live and a path that goes down so as to eat A choice...
Even without a garden. We could grow things. Growing plants. Growing nice plants Growing creation. Even in a lockdown. With a hand of seeds. Seeds, seeds, seeds. Tiny wee seeds. Lavender seeds. All needed was Sun. Feburuary to March Lockdown had begun...
Seals, sealions and walrus. Seals, sealions and walrus are in a group of mammals, which are as much in the sea as in the land. Being a group of mammals that are both sea and land creatures. So as the seal, sealion and walrus. They differ from whales in...
German colonialism at Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin. Here is the link in English language: https://www.dhm.de/en/ausstellungen/german-colonialism.html. The exhibition was very educating and its subject has been widely published and discussed...
