26th March 2019
Vienna, Austria
Could moves to “normalise” larger clothes sizes have a link to health risks such as cancer? And why should I travel to an 18th century Habsburg Palace to find out? 15 kilometres from Vienna is the beautiful Schloss Laxenburg, where the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA) carries out cutting-edge research on issues ranging […]
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27th February 2019
Vienna, Austria
What is a Third Room? I occasionally consider on this blog objects I acquired during my first diplomatic posting in Vienna in 1984-87. One such is the “Third Room” sign below. I had it made in Vienna in 1985 when working as Second Secretary in the old British embassy in the Reisnerstrasse. According to the […]
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21st February 2019
Vienna, Austria
Great news: Austria’s largest education fair is coming to Vienna from 7-10 March 2019. BeSt Vienna (the acronym stands for Beruf, Studium, Weiterbildung) will offer a terrific opportunity to find out more about studying in the UK. The excellent British Council will have a stand at the fair, at A18, offering advice about studying in […]
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5th February 2019
Vienna, Austria
Guest blog by Amit Thapar, Senior Policy Advisor, Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) Last autumn I participated in the cross-Whitehall Senior Civil Service shadowing scheme for Grade 6/7 BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) civil servants, which allows for BAME staff at G6/7 to shadow a senior colleague in order to gain insight […]
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28th January 2019
Vienna, Austria
I am fortunate to live in Vienna in a historic residence. In addition to being used constantly for events by our three missions in the city, the house also has several bedrooms which are used for visiting ministers and officials. When I arrived in Vienna, these bedrooms did not have names. So I ran a […]
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12th December 2018
Vienna, Austria
When I lived in Vienna in the 1980s I used to walk to work every day through the Karlsplatz. My path took my past the magnificent Karlskirche, completed in 1737. I also used to admire the beautiful elliptical pond, from which rose a large bronze work by the British sculptor Henry Moore, “Hill Arches”, installed […]
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5th December 2018
Vienna, Austria
Update: for the UK Government’s guidance on Living in Austria as a UK national, see Living in Austria. Please sign up for email updates on that page to get the latest information as and when anything changes. As many of you know, The British Embassy in Vienna has been conducting a series of outreach events […]
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8th November 2018
Vienna, Austria
Famous British writer and artist Edmund de Waal visited Vienna this week. It was a privilege to meet him and to hold in my hand the Hare with Amber Eyes, about which he wrote in his famous best-seller of that name. In addition to presenting a collection of Japanese netsuke and the Ephrussi family archive […]
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7th November 2018
Vienna, Austria
It is 1.59 a.m. in Vienna. The city sleeps. But at the Kunsthistorisches Museum a crowd waits in eager anticipation. At precisely 2 a.m., the British artist and writer Edmund de Waal steps forward to begin a talk called During the Night with the words “So, it’s two in the morning in the Kunsthistorische Museum. […]
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5th November 2018
Vienna, Austria
One year ago at the UN General Assembly in New York, Prime Minister Theresa May launched a Call to Action to End Forced Labour, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. Tackling the scourge of modern slavery is a top priority for the British Government. We are delighted that dozens of UN Member States have signed up […]
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