Journey in Perth,WA
Awal pertama saya datang dan menetap dinegeri orang pada pertengahan April 2014, itulah pertama kalinya saya hidup sendiri dinegeri seberang dan serasa memulai hidup dari titik terendah, tiada satu orang pun yang saya kenal, berbekal bahasa Inggris yang berantakan, tapi hanya satu keyakinan saya 'al ...
Old profession: Knocker up
...he remembers gas lamps and the days when the “knocker up” did his rounds waking up the mill workers... This profession was common in England and Ireland during the Industrial Revolution and remained until alarm clocks replaced it. The knocker up used a long and heavy stick to wake people who requ ...
Tir na nOg - I Have Known Love 7" (OUT NOW!)
Legendary Irish folk duo cover Silver Apples on their latest 7” It would seem that Tir na nOg have been around forever. Actually that's not true, although they inked their first record contract in 1970, which in musical terms is as good as, the pair split in 1974 after their first run of albums befo ...
Button it up, Frida!
I loved so much the inspiration challenge on Art journal journey this month (it was Frida Kahlo) that I decided to go a step further an make a canvas piece out of it. I love playing around and I love experimenting with different techniques, so this time I really took my time on my canvas playground. ...
24 August, 2014 15:09
Heavy rain, windy Dry across Scotland Monday An increasingly wet and windy day to come across England and Wales. The rain will be heavy and persistent for much of the day but may not extend into the far north of England. 25 to 35mm may fall across parts of Wales and England with even more over the h ...
The #eurozone needs an alternative #solution to its economic woes (@Guardian, August 24 2014)
[Source: The Guardian, full page: ( LINK).] The eurozone needs an alternative solution to its economic woes [ ] by Larry Elliott, economics editor In France it was 2006. In Ireland and Spain it was 2003. In Greece it was 2001. In Portugal and Cyprus it was 2000. In Italy it was 1997. That's how far ...
Letter to cut and paste if you get a chance to councillors.We have 23hours to let them know what we know!
Dear Councillor, You are willfully breaking the law if you vote AGAINST the motion to stop work on the CAS bridge tomorrow. Or at very least guilty of upholding an illegal contract. Please be reminded that the last meeting (only 3 weeks ago, a majority voted for a review so keep focused that stoppin ...
Ireland
Irlanda es un gran descobriment. Un viatge per etapes que comença i acaba a Dublín. No m'ha estat possible fer una selecció resumida de tot el que es possible trobar, descobrir, veure durant un viatge de 2 setmanes per Irlanda, en un sol àlbum. Per això ho faig en etapes. Cada etapa es un recorregut ...
McCarthy Eyes Chelsea
After the disappointment of dropping two points against Arsenal, James McCarthy is already looking ahead to another big game when Chelsea head to Goodison Park on Saturday.The Republic of Ireland inte...
MUA luxe lacquer - *Review*
Hello everyone! Trying to get through as many things today as humanly possible whilst unwell! (Worlds smallest violin) and this post in number one on my list so here it goes! :) I've always been truly devastated that MUA do not sell their LUXE collection here in Ireland! Seeming as my whole family l ...
Ireland crowns first lesbian Rose of Tralee
The Rose of Tralee is Ireland’s leading beauty pageant. It’s not only beauty that wins the day, though. It’s a combination of talent, looks and a winning personality. And according to the Irish Times on Aug. 24, all that was found this year in the ...
