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The Tale of Two Operations
Last night we went to Norwich to watch ‘Operation Mincemeat’ – a stage show that tells the true story of a complicated but successful second world war operation that disguised the 1943 allied invasion of Sicily. It started with a plan being devised by MI5 in London… Sometimes the isolated stories or writings in the…
Lessons in Endurance
Lionel Messi played his last game for Argentina. The 39-year-old, who many think is the greatest football player in history, brought his 21-year international career to an end, scoring his 126th international goal in front of a crowd of 85,000 in Buenos Aires. Students from Belfairs Academy, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, have been visiting a local…
Language, Translation and Understanding
Three things from yesterday: …Reading Pamela Brown-Peterside’s ‘African Pearl’: In 2004 Pamela leaves New York to work with an HIV prevention programme in rural Uganda. When she arrives in Bundibugyo she can only speak through a translator; it’s important that she’s understood when teaching hospital staff and advising local women. Yesterday I read about her…
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