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30th March 2015 Skopje, North Macedonia
Celebrating three great English exports in 2015
As a Briton and the British Ambassador in Skopje, I take great pride in the culture and achievements of each of the four nations that make up the United Kingdom. I enjoy marking each of the national days. As a seven-eighths Englishman, however, England is closest to my heart. As we enter April, the month we […]
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30th March 2015 Geneva, Switzerland
Sad Farewells
Council sessions take a heavy toll on all things that are close to us. Our partners, our children and our pets all suffer from weeks of neglect. So do our bags. Any object unfortunate enough to go into my rucksack during Council time will undergo a period of inanimate purgatory as draft resolutions, cereal bars, […]
30th March 2015 Vientiane, Laos
Celebrating three great English exports in 2015
In 2015, England marks two major anniversaries. It will be 800 years since the Magna Carta was sealed and 750 years since the formation of the first English parliament. Anyone who is interested in seeing the document that has been described as England’s greatest export need only visit the British Library, where not one but […]
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30th March 2015 Pretoria, South Africa
Celebrating three great English exports in 2015
In 2015, England marks two major anniversaries. It will be 800 years since the Magna Carta was sealed and 750 years since the formation of the first English parliament. Anyone who is interested in seeing the document that has been described as England’s greatest export need only visit the British Library, where not one but two […]
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29th March 2015
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Celebrating three great English exports in 2015
In 2015, England marks two major anniversaries. It will be 800 years since the Magna Carta was sealed and 750 years since the formation of the first English parliament. Anyone who is interested in seeing the document that has been described as England’s greatest export need only visit the British Library, where not one but […]
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29th March 2015 London, UK
Guest blog: Paul Fox Charge d’affaires – Celebrating three great English exports in 2015
In 2015, England marks two major anniversaries. It will be 800 years since the Magna Carta was sealed and 750 years since the formation of the first English parliament. Anyone who is interested in seeing the document that has been described as England’s greatest export need only visit the British Library, where not one but […]
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27th March 2015 Budapest, Hungary
Celebrating three great English exports in 2015
In 2015, England marks two major anniversaries. It will be 800 years since the Magna Carta was sealed and 750 years since the formation of the first English parliament. Anyone who is interested in seeing the document that has been described as England’s greatest export need only visit the British Library, where not one but […]
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27th March 2015
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Celebrating three great English exports in 2015
In 2015, England marks two major anniversaries. It will be 800 years since the signing of the Magna Carta and 750 years since the formation of the first English parliament. Anyone who is interested in seeing the document that has been described as England’s greatest export need only visit the British Library, where not one […]
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27th March 2015 Asuncion, Paraguay
Fortaleciendo las relaciones de defensa y seguridad
Temas como Defensa y Seguridad, forman parte de los tres ejes principales que estamos trabajando en la Embajada Británica. Nos ayuda mucho en esta tarea nuestro Agregado de Defensa residente en Buenos Aires, pero concurrente en Paraguay, el Capitán de la Marina Real, Andy Hancock. Tenemos la ventaja de que Andy habla un español muy […]
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27th March 2015
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True Grit
Sir Terry Pratchett, the witty creator of Discworld I don’t read fantasy books – they’re just not my taste. So I’ve not read any novels by Sir Terry Pratchett, the author who died two weeks ago. He wrote 40 novels about an imaginary place called “Discworld” which was, apparently, a “flat disc balanced on the […]