andrew on November 5th, 2008

Fireworks are exploding in neighborhoods all over England today.

Most folk are either celebrating burning Catholics in effigy or that someone had a pretty good go at blowing up parliament, depending on their perspective.

But there is plenty to celebrate for those of us who are perhaps a mite less cynical than we were yesterday.

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andrew on March 14th, 2008

I saw this graffiti yesterday while riding my bike into Derby.

The current Iraq policy isn’t particularly popular here in Britain. Almost everyone I’ve spoken with has disapproved of the invasion, though there is no consensus on the best strategy at this point. There is a sense of a potential threat of terrorism, however. [...]

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