Im back and so is the blog…

Yes its true im back.

Ive eaten more Pork Scratchings and drunk more bitter than is healthy for any man

so CHEERS and lets do some serious drinking…no Learning (hiccup)

Brazilians and the Environment 1

Here goes… your thoughts on the Environment and issues surrounding sustainable development in Brazil…please post some comments

Cheese Rolling

a fine sport from England … much more exciting than football – i bet Pele could never have done this!

Zico for City

Manchester City chairman Thaksin Shinawatra is lining up Fenerbahce’s Brazilian manager Zico as Eriksson’s successor. (Various English Newspapers )

In his dreams…. (Zico’s)

Last Round on the Underground

Looks like i missed the party…

The Archers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/catch/index.shtml

if you go to this page and click on the link to Sunday you can hear the episode we discussed today

Portugues – it’s good for you!

They said so on the BBC so it must be true!

Thanks to Eduardo for sending me this link to a story about the influence of Portugues globally. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7414375.stm

Ill keep studying OK!

All change at the Elephant and Castle

Last week i posted an article about Housing Estates in London 

One of the largest estates in Europe is the Elephant and Castle in South London. It is going through a huge transformation right now and i found a really interesting video clip about a project recording the life of residents on the changing estate.  

see the video here - 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/video/2008/may/21/elephant.home?gusrc=rss&feed=society

and read some more here about the history of the estate 

Chinese Terracotta Army

I just found a nice podcast from the Guardian newspaper about the exhibition last year at the British Museum of various parts of the collection of the Terracotta Army.

audio_meet_chinas_terracotta_a.html

I studies it a little at school but my knowledge is extremely limited, so it was good to have the Podcast. I then went to the Museum website and downloaded the educational guide which you might also find interesting.

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Estates – spot the difference

Both of these might be considered estates … one should probably be referred to as a country estate and the other a housing estate – you decide which!!!

for a better view of council estate life – who better than Skinnyman rapping on the subject

that said i prefer Wiley, or Roll Deep

but here’s Dizzee … the real deal