Five things that WON'T happen at the Royal Wedding. (But would be awesome if they did!)
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Posts Tagged ‘ Andy Naylor ’
Five things that won’t happen at the Royal Wedding
High Hopes For Paralympic Football
It can’t be happening. I’ve just finished interviewing three top level English footballers and they are all shaking my hand and thanking me.
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School Daze
I wouldn’t say I dislike Jamie Oliver. I’ve never met the man. I will admit that something about him annoys me. It could be his chirpy, optimistic sense of wonder over everything from preparing a fish pie to grilling a banana. It could be the fact he seems to have trademarked the phrase “Happy...
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Green Issues, An Interview
Times have changed across the UK. Nowadays even the least environmentally sound person can get it together to recycle. It’s not a huge problem to carry plastics or paper to a bin slightly further down the road, we’re all saving the planet hurrah! Some of us though are going significantly further than others in...
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Andy Naylor Takes the Plunge
Our intrepid correspondent Andy Naylor braves the chilly waters of Hyde Park’s Serpentine Lake. In his defence, it is very cold.
Minimum Price Will Not Stop Alcohol Abuse
Picture the scene. Your wife’s just left you, you’ve lost your job, that certainty in the 3.40 at Kempton fell at the first and was shot later that evening. You’re hurting, you’re angry, you’re miserable and you want to get very drunk. You stumble into your nearest off licence and grab a six pack...
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The Law Of The Playground
I knew things had changed quite a bit in school playgrounds when a young lad said to me,“The trampolines aint here yet, I aint going out to play if there’s no trampolines.” This didn’t happen beside the playing fields of Eton. This was at a well run, but pretty standard primary school in Camden....
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Those Who Care, Teach
It’s something that I often hear bandied about, usually from people like me who haven’t really hit on what it is they want to do . “I’ve thought about teaching but I’m not sure” For the last two years I have taught adults English although this has been more due to my desire...
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Immigration Cuts Will Cost Teachers Careers
It’s one of those subjects that defines a governments reign and the spectre of tightening immigration laws could soon cause problems for thousands of qualified British teachers. Teaching English as a Foreign Language is a huge industry with tuition fees paid by international students adding 10 billion to the British economy each year. Thousands...
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Better the devil you know…
With “Nobody likes a Rat” plastered at the top of the website, stopsnitching.info pulls no punches in pursuit of its mission. The website informs viewers that all snitches are in danger and will get dealt with and was set up by Peckham gang “Young Gunz”. The campaign has accelerated as a result of high...
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