Bastille Day
Allons enfants de la patrie… July brings us two major celebrations of liberty: the Fourth of July for U.S. independence … Continued
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Global Beatles Day
This Saturday 25 June is Global Beatles Day. Yes, that’s right: such a worldwide influence have the Beatles had that
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The Platinum Jubilee: Celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s 70-year reign
At the start of June, the UK celebrates Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, marking her seventy years on the
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Food & festivities: the language of Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is upon us and those celebrating
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Bonfire or Guy Fawkes Night
Remember, remember, the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
We see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
On the night of 4 November 1605 Guy Fawkes, a Catholic, was discovered in an undercroft of the House of Lords guarding a hoard of gunpowder intended to explode the following day at the state opening of Parliament
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Say Something Nice Day!
Nada cuesta añadir una sonrisa, ‘It costs nothing to add a smile’, is a Spanish phrase imprinted on my memory
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