Random Acts of Generosity
This week’s notable act of random generosity, not surprisingly, goes to painter and CADS ex-chairman Mike Hayes. Mike often donates his paintings to worthy causes and to people he finds interesting. His Saxophone painting — inspired many years ago by the visual appeal…
Chairman’s Corner – April
At the March lunch, Ambassador Paul Arkwright entertained us with his background, together with some insights on the current focus of interest between the two countries. Holland is the second largest market for the UK in Europe, and the third…
G and S at The Schouwburg
Celebrate Shakespeare in Haarlem – Saturday 21st April @1900
BritSoc are celebrating the Penultimate Shakespeare’s Birthday at Ma Brown’s in Haarlem. This year will be the penultimate Shakespeare Birthday before Mike, our host, retires. Our broad imaginations will produce a hotchpotch of Shakespearean and other English delights; poetry, comedy monologues,…
Louis Oosthuizen Double Eagle Albatross 2012 Masters Final Round
Louis Oosthuizen holes out for double eagle (albatross) on the Par 5 2nd hole for the first time on that hole and only the fourth time in the history of the tournament. In the blink of an eye, he…
Titanic memorabilia — frozen in time
A century after the ocean liner sank, an intriguing new artifact has risen to the surface: the iceberg that sank RMS Titanic. “Admittedly, it has shrunk to about the size of an ice-cube,” said its owner ‘Sir’ John Richardson in this exclusive phone…
Dutch ‘Flying Housewife’ to be added to Olympic Legends tube map
The “Flying Housewife” has landed a tube stop in London after all. Fanny Blankers-Koen, a Dutchwoman who was one of the biggest stars of the 1948 London Olympics, was originally left off a reinterpreted map of the London Underground dedicated…
April 15, 1912. 100 Years Later: A Snapshot of Life on the Titanic
When the famous ship hit the infamous iceberg nearly 100 years ago on April 15, 1912, the Titanic didn’t just send hundreds of its passengers to the bottom of the ocean—it also took all the evidence of what life was like on board…
