Soon after we moved to France my interest in Franco-Belgian comics was reawakened, partly due to the necessity to master the language. When there are pictures to go with words and dialogue it really helps you to understand the context and meaning of a language – as well as introducing you to the everyday verbalisation [...]
Comics, cows, theatre and music
Friday, June 4, 2010
There’s a bit of an arts and culture pile-up this weekend in Strasbourg. You’d think the CUS (who sponsors the majority of these events) might point out to the organisers of said events in advance that they might clash so a bit of rescheduling could have taken place. Anyway – it is entirely possible I [...]
Hands high if you’re European!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Congratulations to Germany and the pretty little Lena for Saturday night’s Eurovision victory. While I can’t say I was particularly impressed by said performer’s Manc-o-Cockney-Irish accent, nor her interview technique, you have to give the girl credit for her performance. Whether she was the ‘least-worst’ or the ‘best’ is debatable, but it was all very [...]
A word on the Euro
Friday, May 28, 2010
There seems to have been little else in the news of late – but it seems the world’s finance ‘experts’ (the ones who failed to predict any of the last three market crashes) – have been spending a lot of their time dissing the Euro. Predicting the end of the monetary union and financial melt-down [...]
The BMW X6
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
I couldn’t help but notice when I cycled past one of these monsters the other day, and then after catching sight of two more shortly afterwards I thought it worth sharing my thoughts on BMW’s latest contribution to the world. First off you can’t fault BMW’s business sense in recognising that there are enough people [...]
Giant office building open day
Thursday, April 29, 2010
If you’ve ever been curious enough to wonder what the insides of that giant glass-fronted office building up at Wacken look like, then rejoice! For on the 9th of May the security guards will open this normally empty building to allow the public in to fill it’s echoing halls and marvel at … well not [...]
Calling Stephen Godfrey
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The worst of all possible things happened when I visited the Doctor’s last week. No, I wasn’t diagnosed with a horribly contagious form of the H1N1 flu virus, it was worse than that – my Carte Vitale was actually sicker than I. “Oh, erm. Who is Stephen Godfrey?” asked the Doctor as he attempted to [...]
My life – an update
Monday, March 29, 2010
As Golfy rightly pointed out – it’s been a bit quiet in here recently. The reasons for this have been several, not least a cooling off period following a couple of career upsets, which I won’t go into for fear of inciting a law suit for libel. Here’s a run-down: I’m rehearsing for my first [...]
Swan Lake on Ice
Monday, March 15, 2010
Ever wondered what Olympic Ice Dance and Figure-skating champions get up to after their gold medal performances? Okay – of course they binge on champagne and get horrendously drunk, but I mean after that – career wise? No? Well 26 or so former world and Olympic champion skaters will be performing at the Festspielhaus in [...]
Sorry!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Trojan-Clicker.JS.Agent.ma JS:Small-C [Trj] Many thanks to Matt and Danny who spotted the above virus attacks on this site. I have now cleaned-up and everything should be functioning as normal – if not – please tell me asap!
The English in France
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
I discovered this article today – and thought it might interest you … To read the original go to France Diplomatie. “The British have been coming to France for a long time now. This transient population from across the Channel is very familiar to the French – with the holidaymakers and retirees who have set [...]
There’s nothing a cognac can’t cure
Thursday, February 4, 2010
I’ve had a day of high emotion, but thankfully there’s been some top quality liquor nearby to sooth it’s passing. On reflection it’s been an education in the way different people approach business. I began the day by hosting a very amicable meeting of the Strasbulles 2010 design team. All in French of course, but [...]
Useful website for locals
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Check this out, it’s the local equivalent of ‘journeyplanner’ …. http://www.vialsace.eu/
Drupal, WordPress, or Joomla? (A Trick Question)
Monday, February 1, 2010
This post by Aaron Winborn, author of, among other things, a book entitled ‘Drupal Multimedia’ seems to find it’s way to the top of my Google search queries on a regular basis. The article, written in August 2008, weighs up the pros and cons of the three leading open-source content management systems (CMS) on the [...]
There are no gastro pubs in France
Sunday, January 24, 2010
When a word sounds exactly the same in French as it does in English, yet has an entirely different meaning, it is often referred to as a ‘False Friend’. Indeed some words can have a meaning far removed from what you intend. For example a ‘chauvinist’ in French means ‘nationalist’ in English. It is for [...]
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