Category Archives: BEDA

Spring, Life and the Daily Telegraph

Posted on Saturday, 4 April, 2009 by John

Today has been the real first day of spring in Lincolnshire with lots of sun, a few fluffy clouds and a warm breeze. Nearly all the spring flowers are up, daffodils, hyacinths, violets , cowslips and the usual collection of unidentifiable gifts from old friends, names of friends and plants long forgotten. With the change [...]

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Learning Spanish and Other Matters

Posted on Friday, 3 April, 2009 by John

Well, I seem to have got into bed the wrong side last night but woke up this morning early feeling a lot better, so no G20 today, I´m going to talk about other things.
I am hoping that writing on the Forums in Notes From Spain every day in April, will take me up a level,giving [...]

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Crisis – What Crisis?

Posted on Thursday, 2 April, 2009 by John

I am going to save thoughts on the G20 summit until I have had a chance to absorb the finer details of the alleged agreement. However, I did find it quite disturbing to see legitimate protesters and demonstrators being beaten to a pulp by the police. I don’t doubt for a moment that there were [...]