Thursday, May 12, 2022

PROBLEM SOLVING - SORTED

LANGUAGE STUDIES IS aBOUT ThE ArT OF USING LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY

SPEAKING AND THEN WRITING ARE THE 2 SKILLS THAT ENABLE YOU TO INFLUENCE / CHANGE YOUR PIECE OF THE WORLD OR EVEN THE WHOLE THING. ITS NOT JUST WORDS .....

STEPHEN HAWKING

THE FIRST SCHOOLS HAD NO BOOKS OR PAPER, THE DISCUSSED THINGS AND THOUGH THE EXCHANGE OF OPINION, ARGUMENT AND COUNTER-ARGUMENT CREATED .....THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF THIS PLANET !! AND THROW OURSELVES OUT OF THE GARDEN LEFT DECIMATED.

AND FROM THE 3 STOOGES WE LEARN WoT iS PROPa EngLISH

Sunday, March 27, 2022

DAY WITH A BOOK 2022

INTERNATIONAL DAY [WEEK] WITH A BOOK

TWO THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID WHICH HAVE MORE OR LESS COME TRUE.

THIS GUY, ANDY WARHOL [1960s POP ARTIST]

SAID

'EVERYONE WOULD BE FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES'

SOMEBODY ELSE SAID - 'THERE IS A BOOK IN ALL OF US'

TIME [OR LACK OF IT] , LIFE AND A LOAD OF OTHER STUFF USUALLY GETS IN THE WAY OF THAT BOOK EVER APPEARING. ALSO, UNLESS A PUBLISHER TAKES AN OPTION ON YOUR BOOK, IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO PUBLISH A BOOK YOURSELF ........ THAT IS ........ UNTIL THE INTERNET CAME ALONG AND THE EBOOK WAS BORN - DIY PUBLISHING!!!

AND AS FOR FAME? FACEBOOK / TWITTER / TICTOC ET AL CAME ALONG AND THE INFLUENCER WAS BORN .......

ANYWAY, WHERE'S THE BOOK IN YOU? HAVE A GO . . . . .

THE BOOK YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO READ by don kuklis

WHEN THE WORLD FEELS LIKE THIS.....

YOU KNOW ITS TIME TO SIT BACK RELAX AND READ A GOOD BOOK WITH A NICE CUP OF SOMETHING HOT Ahhhhhhh

Thursday, March 3, 2022

08 MARCH - CELEBRATING WOMEN

IT IS INTERNATIONAL WOMENS'DAY!!!!

AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE AOTHER COMPETITION TO CELEBRATE THE ENDURANCE, PERSEVERENCE AND TALENT OF WOMEN.

WIN A BOX OF CHOCOLOATES TO GIVE TO THE SPECIAL WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE . . . . .

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

RADIO FREE HEART

ITS VALENTINE'S WEEK

IT'S ROUND THE SCHOOL - PICK THE CODE AND HEAR THE MUSIC

TALKING OF MUSIC . . . . .

THE INFLUENCE OF THE CARRIBEAN ON ENGLISH CULTURE CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED

i WOULD LIKE OT HAVE BEEN A FLY ON THE WALL WHEN THIS IDEA WAS PUT FORWARD TO ORBIT BY THEIR ADVERTISING AGENCY!!!

AND HISTORY MEETS ENGLISH

THE FIRST VALENTINE'S DAY WAS IN THE YEAR 496! HAVING A PARTICULAR VALENTINE'S DAY IS A VERY OLD TRADITION, THOUGHT TO HAVE ORIGINATED FROM A ROMAN FESTIVAL. THE ROMANS HAD A FESTIVAL CALLED LUPERCALIA IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY - OFFICIALLY THE START OF THEIR SPRINGTIME.BBC ‘NEWSROUND’

FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE, THE HOLIDAY GAINED POPULARITY AS PEOPLE BEGAN EXCHANGING HANDMADE CARDS, OR VALENTINES, AND GIFTS. FINALLY, VALENTINE'S DAY TOOK ITS TRUE COMMERCIAL FORM IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, WHEN THE COMPANY HALLMARK STARTED MASS-PRODUCING VALENTINE’S CARDS, KICKING OFF THE MODERN LOVE FEST THAT WE KNOW TODAY. USA ‘TODAY’

WORLD'S FIRST PRINTED VALENTINE CARD

BBC -'HISTORY OF THE WORLD'

BY THE WAY, SAINT VALENTINE WAS EXECUTED FOR REFUSING TO DENY CHRIST BY THE ORDER OF THE "EMPEROR CLAUDIUS" IN THE YEAR 269. HE WAS ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED UPON BEING CAUGHT MARRYING CHRISTIAN COUPLES AND OTHERWISE AIDING CHRISTIANS WHO WERE AT THE TIME BEING PERSECUTED BY CLAUDIUS IN ROME. WIKIPEDIA

AND THIS IS TIME TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE THINGS AND PLACES WE LOVE - CHEERING OURSELVES UP IN THESE TIMES OF REMOTENESS - AND TELLING THOSE AROUND US HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO US!!!

WOULD YOU LOVE LIVING HERE? ITS CALLED LUNDY.

BILL SHAKESPEAR'S 'LOVE'S LABOURS LOST'

AKA 'LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT'

' LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE' [FAMOUS BOOK BY NANCY MITFORD] - CLICK TO READ THE BOOK / DOWNLOAD PDF

AND NOW A POEM

Your Love is Better

Your love is better than chocolate
or an intoxicating wine,
It's better than cinnamon
I have to make you mine!
Your love is better than caramel
or any liqueur filled truffle,
It's better than hazelnut,
Oh, I love you double!
Your love is better than lush berries
or a ripe, succulent peach,
It's better than sugar,
My heart's within your reach!
Your love is better than sangria
or a sweet, fizzy lemonade,
It's better than any nectar
for you, my heart was made!