Tag Archives: England

The century of American global domination of language is over, a linguist says — Quartz

The internet and US isolationism could change the way the world talks. Source: The century of American global domination of language is over, a linguist says — Quartz

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A Visual Dictionary of Philosophy: Major Schools of Thought in Minimalist Geometric Graphics – Brain Pickings

  A charming exercise in metaphorical thinking and symbolic representation. Source: A Visual Dictionary of Philosophy: Major Schools of Thought in Minimalist Geometric Graphics – Brain Pickings

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Pendleton Leads The Way With Salford Regeneration

IT was announced in 2013 that Salford City Council would receive £650-million-pound in order to regenerate the area. With the project now in full swing of its 30-year plan, here is an update on how… Source: Pendleton Leads The Way With … Continue reading

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Manchester School of Samba at The Manchester Day Parade 2016

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News about pizza

3D-printing pizzas, pizza for soldiers, 580 pages book of best pizzerias. https://newsfromtheworld.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/news-about-pizza/

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On Board Concorde

Manchester Airport Runway Park was our destination on an icy winter afternoon with tickets booked for a tour of Concorde. Son had heard of the supersonic beauty but that was about it. Husband and I remembered this special aircraft in her … Continue reading

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R.I.P Bowie

Check ignition, and may God’s love be with you, -Space Oddity https://cityjackdaw.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/r-i-p-bowie/

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Syrian Refugees Build Flood Defences to ‘Repay Kindness Shown To Them’

The weather in England has been somewhat South of pleasant over the last few weeks, with Storm Frank hitting the North of the country hard. Winds hit 85 miles per hour with 21 serious flood warnings being issued up and … Continue reading

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200-Year-Old Pub Washed Away In Floods

Our news definitely does not cover the flooding going on in GB and to see this is just heartbreaking. I hope the rains end soon. 😦 I’m so relieved that no one was in the pub at the time this … Continue reading

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7 Things I Never Knew About… Until I Moved To England

I was pleasantly surprised that there are actually a lot of things people haven’t talked much about related to life in England, and I racked up this list in no time. (I mean really, yes chips are called crisps, and … Continue reading

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