My feet aren’t on the ground today, because of yesterday’s brush with celebrity – I was at a party with Simon Le Bon!! I was at the relaunch of the Whitechapel Gallery last night, because it is part-funded with European money and we were paying for the reception. It was already amazing being at theContinue reading “Girls on film”
Monthly Archives: February 2009
The Sound of Silence
I’ve been very remiss about writing the blog recently, but as I pointed out previously, there’s a fine balance between being busy enough to have something to write about, and being too busy to find the time. We’re missing several members of staff at the moment, for a variety of reasons, so its been mayhemContinue reading “The Sound of Silence”
Parlez-vous Francais?
The Commission held a briefing in Brussels yesterday entitled “Is English becoming a rare language?” It highlighted the lack of English-language interpreters and translators in the EU institutions. It might not seem logical, but as English becomes such a lingua franca in the work of the EU, the needs for interpreters and translators with EnglishContinue reading “Parlez-vous Francais?”
Doctor doctor
I’ve had a weird few days, at the mercy of the UK health system. I started feeling a pain in my abdomen on Friday night, and by Sunday it was painful and persistent enough for me to be getting worried. So I called NHS Direct, who advised me to go to the NHS walk-in centreContinue reading “Doctor doctor”
Baby you can drive my car
There’s so much going on today, what with those terrible fires in Australia, Premier League managers being sacked left, right and centre and all the hoo-ha about bankers’ bonuses, that I suspect Neelie Kroes’ meeting with the roundtable to discuss the future of the car block exemption may have gone unnoticed. I wrote about thisContinue reading “Baby you can drive my car”