Monthly Archives: December 2008

A play for Christmas

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Family tradition. I write something theatrical and kind of amusing for the family to perform (script in hand) on Christmas day. Usually goes down well with a few glasses of wine. This year it’s a pastiche of ‘How the Grinch stole Christmas’ by Dr Seuss – I hope he will forgive me. If you’d like [...]


Let’s help John and Nancy

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Friday, December 19, 2008

I received this email today and thought it might best to respond via the blog. While I did consider composing a direct response – there are anglophones in Strasbourg better informed than I (and so hopefully they will chip in). I was so pleased to run across your blog. My family is going to be [...]


Government infomercials

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

There are three infomercials (I think that’s the word) playing ad-nauseum on television screens across France at the moment. While at first they appear to have the wider public good at heart, I can’t help but think they’re little more than state propaganda. The first points out that if you take antibiotics for a viral [...]


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