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April Fools’ Day – Is it a big joke?

Posted on 02/04/2012 by Richard Hunt

April the 1st is well known in America, the United Kingdom and other Christian countries – as April Fools’ Day.

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National Walk to Work Day

Posted on 02/04/2012 by Richard Hunt

This year it National Walk to Work Day now into it’s 14th year. Registration opens 1st July 2012 for the big event on Friday 28th September.

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The Easter Story

Posted on 22/03/2012 by Joe Speck

Do you know the Easter story? There have been many film interpretations of it including controversial ones such as Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ‘ and funnier versions including Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian‘. Easter has now become a … Continue reading →

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250 EXTRA hours of daylight a year?

Posted on 15/03/2012 by Richard Hunt

This month we ‘Spring Forward’ and move the clocks on by one hour to move into Summertime. In the UK MP’s are deliberating whether to permanently move the clocks forward by one hour to continuously keep the same time.

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iPhones – easier than tying your shoelaces

Posted on 15/03/2012 by Richard Hunt

Did you know that children today find it much easier to use an iPhone than to tie their shoelaces? A report shows today that as many as 45 per cent of children in the UK aged between five and 13 cannot … Continue reading →

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St. Patrick’s Day – Don’t make a parade out it!!!!

Posted on 08/03/2012 by Richard Hunt

Many people around the world celebrate St Patrick’s Day on the March 17th He is the most commonly recognised Patron saint of Ireland and commemorates Christianity being introduced to this Emerald Isle.

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Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Posted on 08/03/2012 by Richard Hunt

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson recently challenged the way we educate our children and made a profound case stating that schools undermine rather than nurture. He feels that ‘‘we are educating people out of their creativity,” and that children today … Continue reading →

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The rain ‘NOT’ in Spain

Posted on 03/03/2012 by Richard Hunt

”The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain” Have you heard this expression before? It is from My Fair Lady, a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. It is very common for practicing pronunciation, especially of -ei-   … Continue reading →

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Piranhas attack 20 people in ”Feeding Frenzy”

Posted on 03/03/2012 by Richard Hunt

On February 21st twenty bathers were attacked in a river while swimming off a beach in southern Brazil. Suddenly they felt biting and severe nibbling to their feet and legs. Man-eating Palometas – a species of Piranha, attacked their legs and feet!

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Woolly Mammoths in Andalucia

Posted on 26/02/2012 by Richard Hunt

It has been discovered that Andalucía was as cold as Scandinavia – and Woolly Mammoths foraged for food and shelter

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