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Post holiday tidings
Well the holiday season’s over, the New Year leftovers are almost finished, the Christmas wrapping are all but gone and our embarassing New Year photos are all over facebook. And let’s not forget that our wallet is probably empty; as is our bank account. [Read More]
Christmas folly
How can you not like Christmas? With it’s long lasting appeal (it’s been around for hundreds of years in one form or another), it’s world wide grip (they’re even celebrating it in China) and it’s everly increasing litany of traditions (ten [Read More]
The Bottom billion
There’s nothing like a picture of a malnourished child from sub-Saharan Africa to turn our stomachs around, makes us pity their situation for a matter of 5 to 7 minutes, at most, and then flip to the next stumble upon page to make us feel better again. Around 5% of us [Read More]
European stationary
The smell of ancient bureaucracy hits you as you enter the European Parliament building. Stacks and stacks of brochures, mountains of pens and the high density of European officials per inch square is more than enough to make you take a step back and stop inhaling. Not that [Read More]
