http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/ A View from England Sat, 10 May 2008 18:00:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2008. Family & Home Science & Nature Politics (new) http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/777.html Sat, 10 May 2008 15:12:11 GMT I've moved - my blog that is. I have moved A View from England to a new blog host. This is the NEW URL: http://brilliantbritain.blogspot.com/ Please update your bookmarks. Thank you. http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=777 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/776.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:27:06 GMT Save the Children is promoting an important campaign called, Knitting to save children's lives. Save the Children provide a free (PDF download) pattern for you to knit a hat (and for those of you who never learned how to knit, there is a beginner's guide included with the pattern) and a printable card for you to fill out that will be sent to the prime minister, Gordon Brown, asking him "to make saving children's lives a priority today". Send both the hat and the card to Save the Children and they will send the hat to mothers and babies in developing countries, and the messages to Gordon... (more) http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=776 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/775.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:24:19 GMT I wasn't planning to write about the American TV series, Pushing Daisies, that started showing in the UK last Saturday but I've noticed a lot of conversations in the blogosphere about it so what the heck. It was heavily promoted by ITV so I'm not surprised the viewer figures were high but I wonder how many people will continue to watch it now that the news is out that The second episode of new hit drama Pushing Daisies is to be dropped by ITV, and viewers will jump straight forward to watching episode three, (link via timesonline) I think the show is sweet and charming and I like the... (more) http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=775 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/774.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:03:24 GMT If you ever watched The Good Life, a classic British sitcom about a couple trying to live a self-sufficient lifestyle in a London suburb, then you will understand the reference to it in this Daily Mail article entitled, The real Good Life: An entire village turns against supermarkets and grows its own food. The villagers grow 45 types of vegetables (and raise chickens and pigs too) and every Saturday the produce is sold at the village hall The green scheme had a turnover of £27,000 last year! Good for them. It's a fantastic idea. I'm very impressed. http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=774 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/773.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:47:46 GMT As of April 1st. 2008 everyone aged over 60, or eligible as disabled, can get free off-peak* bus travel on local buses anywhere in England. (Over 60s in Scotland and Wales already get free national bus travel at any time of the day) *Off-peak is travel between 9.30am and 11pm weekdays and anytime during the weekend. Free bus pass: 20 great bus routes (link via telegraph.co.uk) http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=773 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/772.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:23:07 GMT Thanks to better management of our local waterways and habitat one of London's most spectacular birds is making a remarkable comeback. (link via The Londoner - news from the mayor of London) Read about the Kingfisher (link via The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or RSPB) http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=772 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/771.html Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:04:00 GMT A radio station that broadcasts the sound of birdsong from a British country garden has become an unlikely hit. (link via telegraph.co.uk) Birdsong station http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=771 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/770.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:26:40 GMT I've been watching too many medical shows because last night I was watching Grey's Anatomy when a little girl claimed she couldn't feel any pain because she had super powers. Instantly, I knew all about her medical condition because I had seen an episode on House about the same (unusual) medical condition! I wonder if the writers on these shows are copying each other or if it's just a coincidence and they are looking at the same list of unusual medical conditions and then writing a story about it. http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=770 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/769.html Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:59:29 GMT If you haven't booked your holidays yet this year, you may want to consider one of these ideas: 50 holidays under £500 (link via telegraph.co.uk) http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=769 http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/768.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:12:27 GMT Nature's Voice is a monthly podcast from the RSPB: Listen right now to the latest episode, Big Garden Birdwatch results and a new RSPB centre for Wales, by downloading the RSPB's free podcast http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/comments?id=768