“Froggies” v. “les Rosbifs”
It could be said that the English and the French do not get on together as well as they should. […]
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German or Global?
The CEO of Siemens announced last week that his priority for his second year in charge would be to improve […]
Stiff Upper Lip
Good piece in today’s Telegraph about the demise of the British stiff upper lip. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/03/do0304.xml There is undoubtedly some truth […]
Nestlé and Azerbaijan
Interesting article here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7382415.stm on the BBC website about NestlĂ© getting into hot water in Azerbaijan. Apparently they gave away […]
The Decline and Fall of the Pax Americana
The Pax Americana is the term used to describe the peace supposed to be established in the world by the […]
Norwegian mountains / British history
Just back from Norway and had their love of nature and especially their beloved mountains impressed on me once more. […]
Should we boycott the Beijing Olympic Games?
The Olympic Games are again to be used for political aims. The recent unrest in Tibet, but also in the […]
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s State Visit to England
As a Frenchman working and living in England, I was particularly interested in the recent visit of my President and […]
Tim Berners-Lee
Interesting article in the Telegraph this morning about Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the modest creator of the web: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/03/30/sv_timbernerslee.xml He seems […]
McDonald’s
First of all, thank you to all the people commenting on our brand new blog. Much easier to write when […]