Tag Archives: Britain’s Quarter Century

Thursday, 24th September (Cambridge)

Posted on September 24, 2026 by roycross

The story behind today’s picture? I always smile when I pass this umbrella shop on New Oxford Street at which we bought two expensive umbrellas at least thirty years ago. I had the temerity to enquire about a guarantee. The … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 27th August (Cres)

Posted on August 27, 2026 by roycross

1. First up today, two pieces on language learning: a) A YouGov poll conducted in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, How do attitudes to language learning differ across Europe? https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55385-how-do-attitudes-to-language-learning-differ-across-europe The vast majority (87-97%) of Europeans think being … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 25th August (Cres)

Posted on August 25, 2026 by roycross

Claude has either just led me up the garden path half a dozen times or has enabled me to fix a complicated internet connection problem on this laptop – DNS this and DNS that – that I couldn’t have managed … Continue reading →

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