I must say one sees some rather odd headlines in our newspaper:
MUSEU DE ETNOLOGIA DO PORTO VAI SER EXTINCTO
(ETHNOLOGY MUSEUM OF PORTO IS GOING TO BECOME EXTINCT)
Due to lack of funding, one assumes.
WINTER TREES – PAINTING – BY THOMAS MILNER
Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds
It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.
Dr. Samuel Johnson
In 1500 BC the first record of formal composition-writing appeared: a collection of sacred Hindu hymns in Sanskrit – verses known as Vedas.
Nearly three and a half thousand years later, the great Indian philosopher and Father of the Nation Mahatma Ghandi was being interviewed by an American magazine:
when asked what he thought about Western Civilisation, Ghandi replied: I think it would be a good idea.
Painting - Butterfly - by Thomas Milner
IRONY is bit like a delicious local wine: it doesn’t travel well. Ever tried translating do turkeys get nervous in November into any foreign language? Don’t.
No, IRONY should take its summer holidays at home, in Bournemouth or up in Whitby where the sharp air will improve it.
ANNIE’S BIRTHDAY CARD TO ME
I must say one sees some rather odd headlines in our newspaper:
MUSEU DE ETNOLOGIA DO PORTO VAI SER EXTINCTO
(ETHNOLOGY MUSEUM OF PORTO IS GOING TO BECOME EXTINCT)
Due to lack of funding, one assumes.
WINTER TREES – PAINTING – BY THOMAS MILNER
