At last! We’ve struggled to find the funds to rework the floor of the hall. In the end, it was our patron who lent the money to do the job and Mr Ndimande who made it all happen. Mr Ndimande has a very demanding job as a mining equipment engineer…
One of my most read articles is an old one called “How to pass every exam first time” It is essential reading for anyone who has to write exams. But if you just want the most critical tips, here they are – EXAMS ARE JUST…
Helen and I are busy learning Italian and I was struck by the names of the last four months of the year. There are twelve months in a year. Right? Well now, if that’s the case, then why are the last four named Seventh, Eight, Ninth, Tenth? Don’t believe me?…
In the last two articles I showed how English is both a Teutonic (Germanic) language and a Romance (French) language. Let’s see what that means. Not only will you find lots of German and French words in the language But for many words in English Germanic, there will also…
If you look at the map of the Roman Empire, you could be forgiven for thinking that this invasion lead to a dilution of the then Celtic English, especially as the Roman empire did not include Scotland and Ireland, where Celtic still survives. No doubt there was some…
