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10th July 2012
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We’re getting closer
UK and Mexico celebrate Virgin Atlantic´s new route from London Gatwick airport to Cancun. This is a great addition to our aim of doubling trade with Mexico by 2015. Read more about new Virgin Atlantic´s flight: New opportunities in Mexico, by Richard Branson
10th July 2012 Cape Town, South Africa
Celebrating UK sport and royalty in South Africa
I last blogged from Windhoek, Namibia, where I was covering for our High Commissioner Marianne Young. I’m now back on my more usual perch as Deputy Consul General, Cape Town. I thought I’d update you on what we’ve been doing in Cape Town recently to promote the UK and the GREAT campaign. (It’s no secret […]
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10th July 2012 Nairobi, Kenya
Transparency Matters
Several weeks ago, I attended a briefing in Nairobi about a recent review of the now-infamous ‘Fartaag Report’ – a 2011 report that alleged corruption and misappropriation within the TFG on a significant scale during 2009-2010. The review provided – as far as possible – an investigation into the veracity of the charges within the […]
9th July 2012 Toronto, Canada
Council of Canadian Academies reports on assessment of research performance
The Council of Canadian Academies (@scienceadvice) reported back last week on a year-long Expert Panel assessment of how research performance is measured in science and engineering disciplines. The 16-member panel included Sir Keith O’Nions (Rector, Imperial College London), and was co-reviewed by Claire Donovan (Reader, Brunel University). The specific question the panel was asked to […]
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9th July 2012 Washington DC, USA
A GREAT Evening for British Art
The following is a guest post by Maeve Atkins, Communications Officer at the British Embassy in Washington. As the newest member of the Communications team at the Embassy, I was especially excited to work my first event – in my first week – at one of Washington’s premiere modern art museums, The Phillips Collection. Every […]
9th July 2012
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Working Together for an Arms Trade Treaty
It is estimated that 750,000 people are killed each year in armed violence. Millions more lives are blighted through injury, displacement and destroyed livelihoods. Much effort in multilateral negotiation goes in to the control and regulation of weapons of mass destruction. But, in fact, it is the so-called small and conventional arms that are the […]
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6th July 2012 Toronto, Canada
UK Independent Panel on Forestry reports in
The Independent Panel on Forestry was established almost a year and a half ago, to advise government on the future direction of forestry and woodland policy in England. Chaired by the Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, it sought a wide range of expert advice and reported back earlier this week. You can read […]
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6th July 2012 New Delhi, India
Higgs Boson: an international success with Indian ingredients
As excitement built around this week’s announcement of the latest results from the Large Hadron Collider, I wondered whether we ought to be using this blog to mark the occasion in some way. With scientists asking people not to speculate too much about what the result might be, I was pretty sure we ought to wait for […]
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6th July 2012
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Interview with Ziarul Financiar
Many people have asked me for an opinion about the latest developments in Romania. Here’s a link to what I said yesterday in an interview for Ziarul Financiar.
6th July 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Queen’s Birthday Party
I’ve wanted to blog about our Queen’s Birthday Party for a little while now. But first we got very busy in the Embassy with preparations for the European Council and then I went down to the Balaton for a couple of days. Now things are a little more back to normal and I’m catching up. […]