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Pay as you go

23-Jul-10

So Zoe and I were on the way back from a lovely holiday spent in the French Alps and then to Perpignan for a friend’s wedding, and at the airport we discovered that because we didn’t check-in online, Ryanair charged us 40 euro each to do so in person. We didn’t use the online option [...]

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Speakers

24-Apr-07

 
 Lovely day out to Bruges on the weekend. The pictures, as usual, can be seen here.
I’m helping to cover this month’s plenary session in Strasbourg, and it’s got me thinking about speakers, speeches and the incredible range of ability when it comes to speaking to a group. I was at a meeting last week and listened to [...]

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