Fall Of The Iron Curtain Opened Borders To Lonely Hearts
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 20, 2008
The fall of the Iron Curtain started a whole new source of mail order brides seeking a Western husband.
The number of Russian brides participating in the mail order business was rather large.
With the introduction of the Internet in the 1990s, the mail-order bride system made introductions faster and more time-efficient.
But more importantly, it increased the [...]
Raising the curtain on local talent
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on June 4, 2008
Art enhances the lives of not only the individuals who create it but also of those who view it, listen to it and perhaps in some cases even taste it. It has a calming quality and if last week’s talent show at George Elliot Secondary is any indication of the abilities of Lake Country’s next [...]
Curtain comes down on HIFA
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 3, 2008
As the curtain comes down on the prestigious festival, an intriguing line up of internationally acclaimed artistes has been put up, setting the tone for ending the festival in style this evening.
As if to serve the best for the last, Afro-pop icon Oliver Mtukudzi, acclaimed guitarist Louis Mhlanga, flautist and saxophonist Steve Dyer and Afro-pop [...]
Oxford measures to make more room
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 7, 2008
Theres just not enough space to go around if Oxford is to meet the demand of a growing housing need, so there are some tough decisions to be made
Oxford is running out of space and unlike many other citys it faces a lack of brownfield land that can be used to create the many more [...]
Economic Wall Separates The Haves From The Have-Nots
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 1, 2008
Curt Hennig A few stray dogs and a bedraggled band of women with gold-capped teeth compete for the thin shaft of afternoon sunlight that warms a corner of the decrepit railway station waiting room.
The women, from the former Soviet republic of Belarus, are smugglers. There is no secret about that. They are busy putting on [...]
Making a memorial for life
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 21, 2008
In the aftermath of the Second World War, with cenotaphs springing up the length and breadth of the country, Lytham St Annes looked to another means of commemorating its war dead by providing homes for disabled ex-servicemen
As war memorials go, theres a certain poignancy to commemorating the sacrifice of fallen heroes by providing a [...]
Uk’s first TV switchover complete in Whitehaven
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 12, 2008
Related ItemsEast Midlands affordable housing TV campaignWhitehaven in Cumbria today became the first area of the UK to switch to all-digital television services.
The last three analogue television channels (BBC1, ITV1 and Channel 4) were switched off locally at 02:00 am. At 03:27 am, 20 Freeview channels and 10 radio stations started broadcasting to 25,000 [...]