CADS Olympic Mile

Updating you on the CADS Olympic Mile, to be held on Friday 23rd March at 1500hrs at the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium, and organised by the British Embassy. Our sponsorship of the event is finalised, and you can sign up to run or sponsor a runner at:...

The language of ties

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Jonathan Baldwin BBC’s Radio 4 had a programme on the language of ties last week. As an avowed non-tie wearer (both for physical and ideological reasons), I think the politics of ties are interesting. You can listen to it on iPlayer,...

Beware of being aware.

When I was a small boy, I was only scared of two things: my father and big steam trains. How times have changed. Now I’m scared of the financial meltdown of the Euro, all dogs (I have a phobia having recently been bitten by one— it turned out to belong to an Amsterdam...