“A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.” This is the ambitious goal of the free online Khan Academy, and since it was founded in 2008, the academy has delivered over 280 million online lessons to learners all over the world. When Salman Khan started tutoring his younger cousins in math, it was long distance. He […]
Please Mister Postman
25/06/2013 by Leave a Comment
Nice Matin reports that in one of the heights of Nice, the inhabitants of a particular street have a somewhat peculiar problem. They haven’t seen the postman – or their mail – for almost three months. The reason for this disappearance is two dogs, blocking the road in a rather threatening manner every time the […]
I am an expat wife, but does it define me?
19/06/2013 by 1 Comment
Expat dictionary, word of the month: Expat wife. A woman who follows her husband abroad, often for his job, while her new job is caretaker and taxi driver. She takes care of the kids, the home / showroom, herself (as in shopping, body treatments and tennis) and the social network (as in voluntary work, lunches […]
Les brocanteurs – it’s in the blood
13/06/2013 by Leave a Comment
Brocanteur /bʁɔ.kɑ̃.tœʁ/: A person buying and selling antiques and gewgaws, history and nostalgia. A travelling brocanteur sells his or her stuff at local outdoor markets called brocantes. Very popular in France. Villefranche-sur-Mer, the French Riviera, a Sunday morning: Jacqueline Morbelli has finished unloading her car next to her regular three square metres at the brocante […]
Richter’s Remix
07/06/2013 by 2 Comments
55 year young barefoot DJ, riding an old Harley. Believes in the power of thought and the power of now. In orbit. No, this is not a hippie with midlife crisis. It is more of a midlife reflection from RTL’s Holger Richter. Holger Richter has been breathing radio – Berlin’s 100, 6 in and 98, […]
Tea with Rapunzel
06/06/2013 by Leave a Comment
Her name is Fabiana. She is seven years old. She has a life threatening disease. She had a dream, and it just came true.
The dressing gown
27/05/2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s hard to be far away from people you love, especially when something happens to them. Also when what happens is just life, like parents getting old while you’re away. The autumn of life. This is an autumn story while we wait for summer. We would chance upon them every now and then, leaning unsteadily […]
Refund for bitchy wives?
23/05/2013 by Leave a Comment
A chronically bitchy wife is no reason to get income tax deduction, even though many a frustrated man may think of no better reason. In a tiny village in Northern Norway, a man demanded a thousand euros deduction for “a chronically bitchy wife” in his income tax return, and made a reference to the tax […]
The lift-my-spirits playlist
17/05/2013 by Leave a Comment
Most of us have experienced how music can turn our mood around in a matter of seconds. Usually we’re talking bad mood and happy music, but equally, most of us will also remember how we as heartbroken teenagers – or thirty-somethings – would dive into sentimental ballads so we could feel even sorrier for ourselves […]
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