It’s that time of year again. Time to reach into the attic, among the big jumpers, mattres springs and those other objects you have absolutely no recollection of purchasing, and get down that dusty old box labelled “Things To Do This Winter”. Like the class bully on the first day of a new term, autumn [...]
Also filed in Anger, Books, Enthusiasm, Philosophy, Sunny weather, Things to do, Thoughts, Transport, attic, autumn, holidays, practical use, rain, reality, snow, weather, winter
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Here are some fine examples of the sort of sentences you can find in EU press releases which might leave you unconvinced that, as the EU’s communications chief Margot Wallström puts it, “communicating with the citizens of the European Union has been a primary concern for this Commission from the very start.” It’s not hard [...]
Also filed in Ambiguity, Berlaymont, Brussels, Bruxelles, Confusion, Conversation, EU, EU publications, European commission, Future of EU, Government, Music, People, Words
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I’ve been thinking about establishment. Partly it’s because, in my new job as a journalist on EU affairs, I’ve been in contact with several MEPs and commissioners and this morning I was taking pictures of the president of the European parliament for a feature on, yep, you’ve guessed it, electric bikes.
What also prompted these thoughts [...]
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It was time, on Friday, to get a haircut. My hair had grown to the point where it could have housed a small family of birds for the winter; something had to be done. So off I went to the nearest hairdressers, and thus the ordeal began…
“Bonjour, Monsieur. How would you like it cut?”
(Remember this [...]
Also filed in Conversation, French language, Hair, Haircuts, Mastermind, Ordeal, People, Sarcasm, Thoughts, Words, body art
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