Wouldn’t it have made more if Joss Stone (pictured) had called herself Joss Stick?
Over the last week, the town where I now live, Oxford, has been in the international news somewhat, due to the flooding that has occurred.
News reports have told of how Oxford - as well as Tewkesbury and other less famous towns - have been “devastated” by flooding. In a report I have just read in […]
Last Friday, when the rain started falling monsoon-like, the first word that came to mind was “biblical”.
It’s taken five or six days for that water to fully gather down here in Oxford, with an increasing number of houses and streets now being flooded. The water hasn’t reached my house yet, though this image from the […]
obviously this is a pretty approximate translation
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the graceful translation of the approach is the obvious one
How did that come to be???
Did you know?
That the term “currying favour” derives from the era of the British Raj in India?
To win over the local maharajas and thakurs, the British would often employ a local cook to prepare delicious curries. These would be served to the indigenous Indian leaders as part of the diplomatic process required to gain their […]