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19th December 2014 Los Angeles, USA
Connecting through the Internet of Things
By Irina Calos On my very first day as Los Angeles Science and Innovation Officer, I had the opportunity to attend the 2nd Annual Internet of Things Summit at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The Internet of Things describes an array of products that employ sensors that connect to the internet to provide […]
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19th December 2014 London, UK
Our digital diplomacy in 2014
I’ve just been presenting to senior Foreign Office leaders on our digital work in 2014. It’s been a momentous year. The Digital Transformation Unit we envisaged in the Digital Strategy became fully operational this spring. The Unit brought new skills into the Foreign Office – expertise in the delivery of modern digital services, expertise in […]
19th December 2014 London, UK
List time! My favourite Foreign Office social media content of 2014
In no particular order: 1. The FCO’s first foray into Buzzfeeding 2. This gif to outline the UK priorities for UNGA in September 3. Some brilliant visualisations of the conversation around the End Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit Mapping the online conversation around the Global Summit to End #SexualViolence in Conflict: http://t.co/uWF2tsf5Cb pic.twitter.com/3Q8Fw2AGfF — SexualViolenceInWar (@end_svc) August […]
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19th December 2014
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Festive 50: From “Every Little Bit Hurts" To "Stay With Me"
It’s a delicate business judging how much personal stuff to put in a blog. In the past I’ve written official blogs with a rich mix of personal and work entries. Then Twitter came along and much personal material, such as my famous series #reasonstolikeIstanbul, was swept away into the Twitterverse. I’ve so far tweeted out […]
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19th December 2014
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Home
We are going home for Christmas. But we’re only back for less than three weeks, and we won’t be living in our house. So we won’t have the complete British Christmas that I described last year. But we’ll be spending time with family and friends, and re-visiting favourite places. I’m looking forward to it. As […]
19th December 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Harrow School’s Return to Sri Lanka
Our third blog in the series tells the story of the Harrow School First XI; how their cricket tour was caught up in the tsunami, their subsequent partnership with Vidyaloka School, and the experience of their return last year. Former Master-in-Charge of Cricket, Mr Simon Halliday, reflects on the experience. Back in 2004, two-thirds of the […]
18th December 2014
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Charities for British Week
British Week 2015 seems like a long time away but traditionally we always close it with a charity ball. But what is a charity ball without the charities? So the time has come to bid for the money that we hope the ball will make. Usually in the region of over $10,000. Last year’s winners […]
18th December 2014
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International Migrants Day
2014 is the deadliest year on record for migrants, registering double last year’s total. Nearly 5,000 migrants lost their lives this year at sea or in remote deserts or mountains, according to IOM. Even more disturbingly, the number of migrants dying on dangerous journeys in the hope of finding better lives for themselves and their […]
18th December 2014
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Romanian Revolution through British Eyes/Alice Șapcaliu: ‘Looking into the future’
‘I was 3 month and 2 day old when fights for ‘Awakening Romania’ took off. I am 25 year old now. And I am very proud that the age of democratic Romania will always be the same with my age. The topic of the ’89 Revolution is very sensitive; the stories on the personal experiences […]
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18th December 2014
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Women, Peace and Security
My first task this week was to represent the #UK at a meeting of the African Union’s (#AU) Peace and Security Council #AUPSC on the subject of “Women, Peace and Security”. The UK has long been a strong supporter of much of the work of the AU, but especially when it comes to peace and […]