Scouting in the United Kingdom has been raising funds for a memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. The project is designed to raise awareness of “Remembrance”. The memorial is to remember those who have given service to Scouting and … Continue reading UK Scouting Memorial Project foundations laid
Originally posted on St Mary's Organist:
(The following tale has been factually enhanced, but is based upon many true life events. Any resemblance to real people, either living or otherwise, is however entirely co-incidental). When asked what is actually like ‘playing the organ’, I often struggle to find an analogy. But I shall use this one which grew via a FaceBook stream, (thank you to all those contributors!). Playing the organ can be rather like driving a hired left-hand driven car with bald tyres, in a foreign country, without a satnav, in the snow, at nightime without lights or… Continue reading “Can I talk to you whilst you are playing?…”
Unexpected charges on your mobile phone bill have long been a problem for people holidaying across Europe, and in some places for those who live close to another country. But today, finally, the European Parliament voted to abolish these roaming charges. … Continue reading Mobile phone roaming charges abolished by EU
via Balancing “We” and “Me”: The Best Collaborative Spaces Also Support Solitude. Continue reading Balancing “We” and “Me”: The Best Collaborative Spaces Also Support Solitude
Each year, The Scout Association organises an event for adult volunteers to come together at Gilwell Park. It started as a Reunion for those who had completed their Wood Badge, but a few years ago it got extended to all … Continue reading I’m going to Gilwell Reunion 2015. Are you?
The simple question for all members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive is: Do I support the achievement of political ends by purely peaceful means or by terrorism and acts of violence? Continue reading Time for the politicians to decide: in or out of the Executive?
via Department names need shortened | Ian James Parsley. I trust that the shortened names that Ian is suggesting will make it easier for the Irish and Ulster-Scots translations to be made. One question though, if OFMDFM be renamed Office for External Affairs, should the First and deputy First Ministers become Ministers for External Affairs or should that be given to the Junior Ministers in that department? Continue reading Department names need shortened | Ian James Parsley
Originally posted on Ian James Parsley:
The idea of a Freedom of Conscience Clause is brilliant politics from the DUP. It’s also utter nonsense. It is brilliant politics because it suggests to their own voters (and likely potential voters) that they are being discriminated against; that there is some secular bogey man out there who is stopping them leading their religious lives; and that somehow there is a distinction between living a religious life on one hand and treating people equally in public on the other. It’s great stuff, appealing right to the heart strings. It’s all rubbish, of course, and they… Continue reading Northern Ireland may need a Freedom *from* Conscience Bill
I have always enjoyed learning languages. At school, I studied French all the way to A-Level, and had a year-and-a-half of German too. Sadly, the first grammar school I attended scrapped us learning Latin in the first year, so any … Continue reading Languages… refreshing and learning anew
Originally posted on ScoutManDan's Blog:
What happens if I extract a number of members of phylum Annelida from a metallic container? That’s right, I post a blog about Uniforms and open a can of worms all over the place. I have posted previously about smart uniforms for the right occasions and how I firmly believe that respect for others is not just how you feel, but how your actions make them feel. But I’d like to talk about the corollary of that today and talk about how uniform makes others feel in a non-formal setting. If you get hung up on… Continue reading Fashion Conscious
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