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The CADS boat trip

The CADS boat trip

It started in the Rijksmusem cafe, then moved on to the gardens where we admired the Joan Miro scuptures, and thence to the Stromma berth across the road. There we learned that there would be a delay, as the boat was still at Amsterdam Centraal. We chatted in the warm...
The Driftwood Distillery

The Driftwood Distillery

Some of you will already have met new members Hannah Bayliss and Tim Smith. Apart from holding down a full time job as MD of Customer Experience at Fedex, Hannah spends her spare time distilling gin and giving customer experience tours at the Driftwood Distillery,...

Joke of the Month

As a UK citizen resident in the EU, I am qualified to stand as a candidate in the forthcoming European elections in the UK. However for the same reason I am not allowed to vote in the election. What a farce 🙁

17m UK citizen signatures? Could it happen?

HMG doesn’t want to do it, but there is a UK referendum underway… A petition on the government’s website proposes to revoke Article 50.  Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom (yes, that’s right, the lady who caved in to pressure from Theresa May to withdraw...

Be On A Game Show!

Endemol Shine is looking for contestant couples for a new game show. Do you love a quiz? Come play! Endemol Shine Group, the TV company, is looking for English speaking couples with great personalities for a series of game show tests on April 3rd in Amsterdam....
Light-Hearted Voting Guide

Light-Hearted Voting Guide

Courtesy of Amsterdam Shallow Man (www.amsterdamshallowman). As the Dutch local elections approach, this light hearted guide may help you decide… D66 – The yuppie/hipster party Partei vd Dieren – Four legs good two legs bad PVV – “Ik ben geen...

A Dramatic Bike Ride!

The Queen’s English Theatre Company are performing, Scary Bikers, a comedy/drama about life, love and staying on your bike by John Godber, one of the UK’s most performed playwrights. “When retired miner Don (Mark Winstanley) and former teacher Carol...
Rights of UK citizens residing in The Netherlands

Rights of UK citizens residing in The Netherlands

Brexit update – rights of UK citizens in The Netherlands. Following on from the helpful statements made by the Dutch government, and the updated guidance from the IND, one or another version of the following letter (depending on whether you already have a...