Foreign Perspectives
News and editorial on life from the south of France, a regular series on how to move here and some random musings too. As seen on TV.
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No, not as an asylum seeker!We’re following European Directive 2004/38/EC which is the directive which gives European citizens and their family members and dependants the right move to any other European country. In general terms to take advantage..
Topics: NI Themes, Relocating, Travel, UK, UK Administration
Topics: NI Themes, Relocating, Travel, UK, UK Administration
One of the principal aims of the Northern Ireland education minister is to end the 11+ selection system and thus kill off the grammar school system.However, her thinking is extremely flawed. Yes, socialism is all about equality of opportunity but it...
Topics: Education, Political Comment
Topics: Education, Political Comment
Adjusting to Twitter - 210 days ago
Although I’ve had a Twitter account for ages, I hadn’t really done anything with it ’til last week.Simple reason for that really: Twitter lets you type up to 140 characters in a message and I’m very much a long winded kind of... Topics: Blogging
It’s a nice day, it’s a public holiday, so… - 211 days ago
Yes, you guessed it, we’ve all got sore throats, sniffles and generally feeling pretty rotten and certainly not up to taking advantage of the lovely weather here at the moment.Adding to the complications is that John’s came out in a rash... Topics: Family
At last a decision on our new TV - 214 days ago
After considerable debate we decided against what seemed like the best bargain around, namely the 37″ LG2000 essentially because it’s out of stock locally, can take up to a week to arrive with anything up to £60 delivery charge and... Topics: Family



















