Category Archives: language

Opinions

Posted on 13 January 2022 by Henry Gee

Never a truer word was spoke than when Abraham Lincoln said that you can’t please all of the people all of the time. At least, I think it was Abraham Lincoln. Anyway, the same fellow who said that 95% of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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On the Email Mountain

Posted on 16 August 2014 by Athene Donald

August is a quiet month on the email front. Few committee meetings are occurring to clog up the inbox with their multiple attachments of papers. Plus many people are away from their own computers during the school holidays and they … Continue reading →

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Mind your language

Posted on 8 February 2013 by Philip Strange

I enjoy going to art galleries.  I enjoy looking at art and I can recall vividly the thrill of seeing the “Impressionists” in Paris for the first time.  For me, visiting a gallery is still something of an occasion and … Continue reading →

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Graubunden

Posted on 19 August 2011 by Henry Gee

As you both no doubt know, part of my job as an editor at Your Favourite Weekly Etcetera is to travel round the place doing my stand up routine talk about how we editors handle papers, demystifying the editorial life … Continue reading →

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