Books Review February 2012
Up The Wooden Hill by Jill Schaefer is a 180-page historical memoir divided over 32 chapters with 32 small black and white photos. The book is about growing up in England and Germany before, during and after WWII, featuring two tales seen through different viewpoints. Stories of love, war, tears, laughter, families, friends and foes. [...]
Eastender’s Monthly Update — February 2012
CHRISTMAS served up it’s typical Walford tradition (tragedy), while New Year’s brought the end of an earring, that’s for sure… Turns out it was Ben who’s been stalking Phil. Yep, the rotten apple doesn’t fall far from the psychotic tree. And his last act may just put Phil in jail: He sent Denise a thumb [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update February 2012
NICK TILSLEY shows worrying signs of maturity this month when Eva decides he’s too old to be still living with his mum – and he doesn’t disagree. Egged on by Eva, he goes to view a flat, with Gail tagging along for the ride. And her verdict after the viewing? “I could sense death in [...]
London Life
Return Of Stewart Quentin Holmes AS I WAS saying before I was so rudely interrupted…there was I having dinner with my good friends Dr Watson and Inspector Lestrade of the Yard; when we had finished I stood up to leave – and fell down again. I woke up in an ambulance. en route to a [...]
Easier Process Possible For US Citizen Spouses
THE US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a proposal that would make the green card application process for some applicants a bit less stressful and more certain. The general rule is that if a foreign national is in the US and is the spouse of a US citizen, she can apply to have [...]
Sandra’s Taste of Britain – February 2012
“In cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection” – Curmonsky VEGETABLES WERE brought to England by the Romans, and vegetable-soup pottages were an important part of the diet of poor and rich alike, although the poor would have had more vegetables as they were easily grown and meat was often [...]
Watson’s Window
A RESTRAINED RICKY GERVAIS By Jerry Watson at the Golden Globe Awards BRITISH COMIC Ricky Gervais was more restrained with his caustic barbs, hosting, for the third time, the annual 69th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, last month. Last year, Gervais left a number of stars in the ballroom [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup January 2012
Two For Westwood, Accolades For McIlroy, Donald, And Poulter LEE WESTWOOD turned in some spectacular golf at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa, that concluded December 4. Westwood broke the course record with a 10 under 62, during the third round and went on to claim victory with a 15 under 273, [...]
The Florida Page – January 2012
JANUARY IS for vowing to do better than last year. So herewith some UK-USA tips from me in the business arena. 1) I run an internet business so deal with all the servers and found constant Send/Receive problems only with btinternet.com. Single business emails (not spam) often never landed in the UK recipient’s Inbox. Bad [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – January 2012
WHENEVER I go to the UK I always get that tingling feeling when the clouds clear long enough on the final approach to look down at that patchwork of fields in the countryside that’s our home!! Although I haven’t been back at this time of year for many years, I found the weather not much [...]
British Pound Exchange Rate
