UK education has something for everyone
I’ve only been Ambassador here in Vietnam for a month, but that’s long enough to pick up on the importance of education. As a society with a Confucian history, I can see that study is valued highly,...
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A young couple descend from a train at Völs station and take a post bus up the valley. Their destination is the village of Gries im Sellrain in Tyrol, where they will spend a romantic honeymoon. The...
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The South African duo who risked EVERYTHING to film the illegal trade in rhino horn in Africa and Asia South African filmmakers Susan Scott and Bonne de Bod sold their homes and moved back in with...
View ArticleGrowing Awkward
I’ve often thought that children make the best negotiators. Kids seem to know better than anyone how to stay focussed on what they want and strike home when defences are down. If you ever need a lesson...
View ArticleA visit to an Islamic school in Vienna
The questions come thick and fast. Then the selfies. I take every opportunity I can to visit schools and universities in Austria. Talking about the UK, Brexit and UK-Austrian relations helps to get...
View ArticleNewton Fund improves early flood warning
On 16 September Severe Typhoon Mangkhut battered Hong Kong, Macao and the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province, leaving a trail of damage, flooding, hundreds’ injuries and a few deaths in its wake....
View ArticleUK education has something for everyone
I’ve only been Ambassador here in Vietnam for a month, but that’s long enough to pick up on the importance of education. As a society with a Confucian history, I can see that study is valued highly,...
View ArticleEvery election is determined by the people who show up
On Sunday 7th October, citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will get the chance to decide the course of their country for the next four years. The United Kingdom, as a guarantor of the Dayton Peace...
View ArticleFighting the heartbreaking trade in exotic pets
Seized from the wild when they’re as young as 6 weeks to feed the illegal pet trade, cheetah cubs may look cute but more often than not they don’t survive. ‘Pet’ cheetahs rarely make it past a year....
View ArticleWhen Austrian German is the best?
The quote that “Britain and America are two nations divided by a common language” is often attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. A version I hear often in Vienna is “nothing unites Austrians and...
View ArticleThe perfect honeymoon destination – in Austria
A young couple descend from a train at Völs station and take a post bus up the valley. Their destination is the village of Gries im Sellrain in Tyrol, where they will spend a romantic honeymoon. The...
View ArticleGrowing Intolerant
Over the summer, I have grown a little bit more intolerant. Not to family holidays, heatwaves or even World Cup exits, but to all things dairy. In many countries, this wouldn’t be especially...
View ArticleWorld Rhino Day – Journey into the Rhino Horn War
The South African duo who risked EVERYTHING to film the illegal trade in rhino horn in Africa and Asia South African filmmakers Susan Scott and Bonne de Bod sold their homes and moved back in with...
View ArticleGrowing Awkward
I’ve often thought that children make the best negotiators. Kids seem to know better than anyone how to stay focussed on what they want and strike home when defences are down. If you ever need a lesson...
View ArticleA visit to an Islamic school in Vienna
The questions come thick and fast. Then the selfies. I take every opportunity I can to visit schools and universities in Austria. Talking about the UK, Brexit and UK-Austrian relations helps to get...
View ArticleNewton Fund improves early flood warning
On 16 September Severe Typhoon Mangkhut battered Hong Kong, Macao and the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province, leaving a trail of damage, flooding, hundreds’ injuries and a few deaths in its wake....
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