Bureaucracy is the bane of every academic’s life. But who is to blame for its proliferation – and how can it be kept in check? Six academics have their say – while a registrar offers an equal and opposite reaction
Five years after Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight, Amelia Earhart became thesecond person to make the voyage. She was also the first woman to attempt the journey, flying from Newfoundland, Canada to Londonderry in Northern Ireland. In 1937, just five years after her historic journey, the...
You want to make sure you don’t weave your end in a straight line, otherwise there is a chance your project could come unraveled. So purposely weave from differently angles and directions. Snip yarn fairly close to your project! If you have woven the strand in tightly, it won’t come ...
With Be Right Here, southern rock band Blackberry Smoke wants us to enjoy the present. The album was produced by GRAMMY winner Dave Cobb, and recorded at the historic RCA Studio A and at Cobb’s Georgia Mae studio in Savannah, Georgia. "We always track live together, but this ...
London and Edinburgh are two of the UK’s most popular cities, and many visitors to the UK want to travel from London to Edinburgh. These two amazing capitals are very different but both offers loads of interesting attractions and activities for visitors. If you are aiming to visit both citi...
This page explains how to travel from the UK to Tangier, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, & Morocco without flying, by train & ferry. What a journey! Take Eurostar to Paris and stay overnight. Next day, speed south to Barcelona on an impressive 320 km/h (199 mph) double-deck TGV Duplex ...
before you start thinking of starting a business in the UK, you have to first ensure that you can live and work legally in the UK. As a foreigner, you will need a visa. There are numerous types of visas in the UK and the process will depend on the country you are applying from. ...
When we interviewed him in 1997, he said a number of things to us, which I think represent kind of an alternative vision of the Middle East that most Muslims have projected. And this vision you know during the course of this interview, which was difficul
Take the train from the UK to Ukraine It's easy to travel by train from London to Ukraine, an adventurous journey that's also comfortable & affordable, superior to a soulless flight. For example, take Eurostar to Brussels and the European Sleeper overnight to Prague. Enjoy a day in ...
Jazz has strong roots in the UK, having been brought here in 1919 by an all-black band called the Southern Syncopated Orchestra.