“While Americans toast their freedom from tyranny every summer, Britons get a royal wedding maybe every other decade, if we’re lucky.” Reflections of a British emigre on American Independence Day “Not that I’m mourning the loss of the colonies,” Seaton…
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She may join Darwin
Quietly waiting in the wings Jane Austen could grace £10 banknotes, Mervyn King says
How we pay the queen
It pays to get your income from the right sources Queen’s income set to rise for second year running “Aside from the Queen’s income, the profit goes to the Treasury to help with the nation’s finances.” The portfolio includes large…
M&A and culture challenges
It was all about the tie. Big Acquisitions Can Fall Apart Over Tiny Details “Each day, we would eagerly await the arrival of the employees to see if any more had decided to join our movement by turning up to…
Jobs and teens
Not earth-shattering advice, but food for thought and worth a link to the general series, too Jobstacles: For teens, soft skills are hard skills (Marketplace) Jobstacles – YouTube (Youth Radio) Other links to episodes on Marketplace Jobstacles: Is it possible to have…
Inheritance
Wow, this is crazy! Or is it? (Said the first male son.) Son and Heir? In Britain, Daughters Cry No Fair Word builders: primogeniture, antediluvian, omertà.
Sean O’Casey
“The first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes.” from Wikipedia
Crossword genesis
Tantalizingly brief entry in Wikipedia Margaret Farrar, neé Petherbridge. Originally hired as a secretary “(people seemed to believe that female talent could be squandered in those days)” — short bio from (another interesting find) Exploring the Arts Foundation. Her legacy…
Counting particles versus observing chemistry
Pollution measurements in a school of public health Gizmo Uses Lung Cells To Sniff Out Health Hazards In Urban Air (NPR) The idea is that, “Instead of simply telling us what chemicals are in the air, they might tell us something…
Figures and tables in modern times
Back in long-ago days, it made sense to put figures last in paper drafts because it was so much work to fit them into the text. Nowadays, you’re just making it harder for me to referee (er, I mean read)…