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Match Report: Leeds United vs Liverpool (06.12.25) D3-3
Ten minutes in, Leeds keeper, Lucas Perri catches Hugo Ekitiké and he goes down injured and requires on field treatment but luckily gets back up and on with the game. Five minutes later and Curtis Jones is denied by the crossbar with a spectacular shot on goal. Jayden Bogle goes into the referee’s book for… Continue reading
Alexander Isak, Alexis Mac Allister, Alisson, Anton Stach, Ao Tanaka, Cody Gakpo, Connor Bradley, Curtis Jones, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Dominik Szoboszlai, Elland Road, Endo, Everton, Florian Wirtz, French, Gakpo, Gerrard The Red, Hugo Ekitiké, Ibrahima Konaté, Ilia Gruev, Jayden Bogle, Joe Gomez, Leeds, Leeds United, Leeds United vs Liverpool, LFC blog, Liverpool, Lucas Perri, Pascal Struijk, Premiership, Ryan Gravenberch, Virgil Van Dijk, Wataru Endo, Wilfried Gnonto -
Chatham House: One year of Syria’s transition: Progress, challenges and prospects
PHOTO: The new Syrian Government Today’s Chatham House meeting is chaired by Raya Jalabi, Middle East Correspondent, Financial Times. On the panel are: Dr Haid Haid, MENA Programme, Rime Allaf, Syrian writer, formerly Chatham House and Dr Ibrahim Al-Assil, Belfer Center, Harvard University. It is a year since the rapid disintegration of President Assad’s government… Continue reading
Ahmed al-Sharaa, al-Sharaa, Alwaites, Arab, Arab States, Assad, Belfer Center, captagon, Chatham House, criminal, dictatorship, Dr Haid Haid, Dr Ibrahim Al-Assil, Druze, Europe, Financial Times, French, Gulf, Gulf States, HTS, International Relations, Iraq, Israel, MENA, middle east, Raya Jalabi, Rime Allaf, saudi arabia, SDF, smugglers, Sunni, Syria, Syrian Army, transitional justice, Truth, Turkey, U.K., water supply -
Christine and The Queens – Tilted
The author reflects on discovering Christine and The Queens, appreciating their bold Glastonbury 2023 performance. They draw parallels between French cultural norms and British prudishness while celebrating the band’s artistic expression. The author also highlights their fond memories of France, ultimately valuing empowering art, with a shoutout to DJ Laurent Garnier. Continue reading
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Review: Queens of the Crusades – by Alison Weir
I had previously read Alison Weir’s most excellent book specifically on Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine many years ago so the author was familiar to me. I chanced upon this title in my local library (Caldicot) and thought I’d give it a go. It covers the lives of several British Queens, or rather the historical period… Continue reading
1215, Alienor of Provence, Alison Weir, Aquitaine, barons, battle, Berengeria of Navarre, British Empire, British History, British Hostory, British Queens, Brittany, Caernarfon, Caernarfon Castle, Caldicot, Cardiff, Chepstow, consanguinity, Constantinople, constitution, Continental Europe, Cross, dominions, Edward I, Ekleanor of Castile, Eleanor of Aquitaine, English Queens, Europe, European Royal, France, French, Gerald of Wales, Geraldus Cambrensis, Henry II, Holy LAnd, hometown, Isabelle of Angoulême, King Edward I, King John, legislation, Llywellyn ap Gruffydd, Magna Carta, Military, monarch, monarchy, Normandy, Plantagenet, Pope, Prince of Wales, Queens, Queens of the Crusades, religion, Richard The Lionheart, Richhard I, royal, royal bloodlines, Royal Couple, Royal Family, St. Davids, taking the Cross, The Cross, Thomas Bek, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, US consitution, USA, Vatican, Wales, war, Welsh Independence -
Review: Adventure Everywhere – Pablo Picasso’s Paris Nightlife – by Dave Haslam
I like the art of Picasso, I like the city of Paris, and I like the books of Dave Haslam. I was therefore pleased to hear of the release of this book which studies the life and art of famous Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, in particular his séjour in the vibrant cultural capital of France,… Continue reading
absinthe, alcohol, Apollinaire, Art, Art Decades, Ballets Russes, Belle Époque, Café, chauvinistic, Cirque Medrano, clubs, Configo Publishing, Cubism, culture, Dave Haslam, DJ, erotic, famous artist, feminist, France, French, Hacienda, Love, Manchester, Montmartre, narcotics, nightclubs, nightlife, Nijinsky, opium, Pablo Picasso, Paris, Parisian, Picasso, Pigalles, prostitutes, prostitution, romance, Sacré Couer, séjour, sex, SoHo, Spanish, Spanish Art, toxins, Velasquez, waitresses, World War 1, World War I -
Review: Zlata’s Diary – A Child’s Life in Sarajevo – by Zlata Filipović
What’s a grown 45 year old male doing reading a little Bosnian girl’s diary you might ask yourself. Well, it cropped up as a recommendation in a documentary on the war in the former Yugoslavia, a subject to which I have passionately researched from its genesis. The Balkans conflict is (to date) the worst conflict… Continue reading
Anne Frank, anti-war, Autobiography, Balkans, Balkans Conflict, Battle of Britain, Blitz, Blue Peter, bombs, bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnian, Bosnian Serb, Bosnian-Croat, Children, civilian, collateral damage, conflict, crime, Croat, Croatian, diary, East End, French, french journalists, generals, London, Mariupol, Military, military history, military tactics, Mimmy, Msulim, Muslims, peace, philosophy, politicians, Politics, Russia, Sarajevo, Serb, Serbian, Serbo-Croat, Srebenica, survival, survivor, Ukraine, Ukraine War, war, war crime, World War 2, Yugoslavia, zlata, Zlata Filipović, zlata's diary -
Review: The Power of Babel – A Natural History of Language – by John McWhorter
On Amazon Prime Great Courses Signature Collection I watched author John McWhorter present a course on World Language Families and this drew my attention to this literary work. McWhorter is a very intelligent polyglot and makes the study of global languages an interesting and fun-filled adventure. In this book we look at the vast array… Continue reading
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Review: Black Russian – by Vladimir Alexandrov
This is an exciting tale from the turn of the twentieth century of an eccentric man of the world who encountered directly some of the most important global events of that era. It is a biography of Frederick Bruce Thomas or Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas. He was born to former plantation slaves in Mississippi, USA in… Continue reading
20th century, abolition, AMerica, Atatürk, Atlantic, Black Russian, Bolsheviks, Chicago, classist, Clubbing, Constantinople, entertainment, Europe, Frederick Bruce Thomas, French, French Army, Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas, istanbul, jazz, London, Mississippi, New York, New. York City, nighclubs, Odessa, ottoman Empire, race, racism, restaurant, Revolution, Russia, russian revolution, slavery, slaves, Soviet Union, Soviets, theatre, Turks, US Embassy, USA, World War 1 -
Achats en Ligne
Il ne fait aucun doute que, alors que notre société entre dans le XXIe siècle, l’évolution des technologies l’accompagne. Les achats en ligne sont déjà une tendance croissante depuis quelques années. Comment la pandémie de Covid-19 a-t-elle affecté cette tendance? Dans cet essai, la question suivante sera posée: Pendant les confinements successifs, on a pu… Continue reading
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Landlocked – Mental Health in the UK and the Prevention of International Travel, Translation and Foreign Language Education
On the Second of April 1997, at the point of my first contact with the Mental Health Act, I had my life’s dreams shattered. On that day, my parents had been persuaded to take me to see a psychiatrist at the local mental hospital, St Cadoc’s in Caerleon. I hadn’t wanted to attend the meeting… Continue reading
Blog, Cardiff University, Dragon Translate, end of terror, Mental Health, Shuffle, Translation, Travel, Wez G‘Delusions Of Grandeur, Balkans, Brexit, Caerleon, Cardiff University, Chinese, Cuba, DJing, Dr Tyson, Dragon Translate, education, end of terror, Foreign Languages, France, freedom of movement, French, Human rights, landlocked, LEARN, Liverpool FC, London, Mandarin Chinese, menytal health act, Ministry of Sound, New Zealand, psychiatry, Schizophrenia, St Cado’c’s Hospital, totalitarian, University College London
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