Working animals have played a hugely important role in human society for millennia. Animals such as donkeys, oxen, camels and horses still provide substance from their work for around 600 million people in the world today! Even in industrialised countries where machinery covers labour heavy functions, service animals are still extensively used. From police dogs
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Attlee and Bevan In 1948 on this day Aneurin Bevan, Health Minister in the Attlee government, signed off on the creation of the National Health Service. This was against the wishes of organised medical professionals, including the British Medical Association, but managed to create the cornerstone of the modern British welfare state. This major development
This has been an incredible month. A lot happened at the university where I teach, including a surprise party thrown by some of my students to celebrate the end of another teaching cycle. I start my final cycle next week. They are incredible students, keen to learn English even from a mad Botanist like me.
This month Ecuador has thrown up more surprises and gems. I fell in love! With a dog I met in Banos, and because of this, we decided to go back there. The last time I was there, I was not able to properly visit the town because it was the venue for my teachers’ conference.
Many of you will know me as your tutor for many courses with ADL and some of you will be wondering where I have got to recently. I took a sabbatical from my tutoring because I have travelled to Ecuador – not on a holiday but to volunteer as a teacher in the University in
“I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again.” J.R.R. Tolkien I had a very pleasant walking holiday in November which involved a couple of nights glamping
Are you stuck for Christmas gift ideas this year? Are your dear and near ones sick of the same pair of socks re-gifted year in year out? Well this year, perhaps take a look at our list of unusual gifts to give! 1. Gift to a charity on behalf of someone else From adopting a
For those of us looking for something to celebrate, we might consider joining in on the Mid-Autumn festival. This festival, celebrated in China and several neighbouring countries, is a harvest festival that falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, which this year makes it the 24th of September. Traditionally,
Nowadays, we are urged to pay attention to flaws, rather than celebrate our attractive qualities. Many magazine features, TV programs or help services are geared toward the identification of imperfections, and their subsequent exposure, analysis and improvement through makeovers. This can mean if nine people pay a compliment and one person makes a derogatory remark,
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Henry Hoover’s Broken Plug
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