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News At A Glance #4

Friday, April 22, 2022

Concerning sparrows in Ethiopia, more than one Alma in Wisconsin, and William Langley in Port Stanley. — For The Emigre

Filed in Journalism, NEWS AT A GLANCE | Also tagged beards, berries, birds, Cameroon, death, dogs, Ethel Smyth, Ethiopia, facts, fleas, government, Guinness, intelligence, Moondog, music, Nelson Evening Mail, news, patriotism, publishing, rivers, Rome, Russians, satire, sex, Shantha Bandara, singing, Sri Lanka, TE Lawrence, The Emigre, the sea, typos, William Langley, Wisconsin, women | Comments (0)

Small-town radio

Thursday, April 21, 2022

The second (Stanley) instalment of my exchange of Falklands War/1982 letters with Dominic Hilton in Argentina. — For The Critic

Filed in correspondence, Journalism | Also tagged .1982, ABBA, Adam Godley, America, Argentina, Armed Forces' Day, Battle Day, BBC World Service, Ben Fogle, BFBS, birthdays, Bob Peck, Buenos Aires, coincidences, complaints, condoms, Dire Straits, Dominic Hilton, Don Williams, Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands Defence Force, Falkland Islands Radio Service, fishing, fruit, Government House, Graham Bound, horse-racing, Ian Richardson, John Simpson, letters, Major Mike Norman, Mantovani, Marc Warren, Mike Grady, MLA Gavin Short, music, Patrick Watts MBE, PTSD, Richard Brautigan, Royal Marines, senior citizens, sheep, Sir Rex Hunt, South Georgia, submarines, The Critic, The Falklands War, The Penguin News, the West Store, The West Wing, tourism | Comments (0)

No April fools

Thursday, April 7, 2022

The opening salvo in a projected 10-week exchange of letters on/around the Falklands War, with Dominic Hilton in the Argentina capital. — For The Critic

Filed in correspondence, Journalism | Also tagged .1982, Andrew Brownlee, Argentina, Brian Summers, Buenos Aires, communications, Dominic Hilton, Falkland Islands Defence Force, Falkland Islands Government, Falkland Islands Radio Service, General Sir Mike Rose, Government House, His Excellency Nigel Phillips CBE, letters, Major General Julian Thompson, Major Justin McPhee, Mount Pleasant Complex, penguins, PTSD, Royal Marines, SAS, Sir Rex Hunt, The Critic, the Falklands, The Falklands War, the Malvina House Hotel, The Penguin News, whisky, Whitehall | Comments (0)

Turned out nice again

Friday, January 28, 2022

With the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict imminent, two Brits – one Stanley-based and one in Buenos Aires – discuss that ‘hottest’ of all conversational potatoes… the weather. — For The Emigre

Filed in Journalism, podcast | Also tagged Argentina, bars, Buenos Aires, children, Covid-19, Dominic Hilton, Falkland Islands Radio Service, farming, free speech, hair, holidays, landmines, maps, marriage, quarantine, sheep, shipping, The Emigre, the Falklands, trees, vaccination, Virginia, walking, war, weather | Comments (0)

The Egmont overture

Saturday, August 14, 2021

or; Acts of settlement A brief investigation of the first few Falklands conflicts . A few months back, my family and I took advantage of the Falkland Islands Government’s TRIP scheme (a Covid-era measure to help stimulate internal tourism) and booked a flight to Saunders Island, one of the largest of the 770-odd ‘other’ islands […]

Filed in correspondence, Journalism | Also tagged Port Egmont, Port Louis, The Critic, the Falklands | Comments (0)

Antarctic adventure

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

From the submarine service to the world’s southernmost post office: Q&A with dentist Sally Owen, in the sub-Antarctic. — For The Critic

Filed in Journalism | Also tagged Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey, British Army, dentistry, Port Lockroy, Royal Navy, Sally Owen, The Critic, the Falklands, travel, UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, work | Comments (0)