Category: Society
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A little Latin flavour
A part of the world that’s not constantly front-of-mind for many people in the UK is Latin America. One country that’s an integral part of that region is Costa Rica, nowadays a popular holiday destination and a place I call…
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Perspectives on poverty
I bet this isn’t an image you’d naturally associate in your mind with the word “poverty.†It wasn’t the first thing I thought of. Yet according to a survey carried out last year, 20 percent of kids in the UK…
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Expect more email scams
With all the bad news about the economy, bank bailouts and who knows what’s next, email scammers are very quick off the mark as this email, in the FIR comments Gmail account this morning, suggests. It’s worth repeating: If you…
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A (one-off) future for print
What an interesting experiment. This morning, a four-page printed newspaper called The Manual was distributed to London commuters at a number of locations in the city. Just 150 copies were printed with each one numbered so making the complete print…