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Im back and so is the blog…

timlucas — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:37:46 +0000

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

timlucas — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:50:58 +0000

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

Cheese Rolling

timlucas — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:52:17 +0000

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

Zico for City

timlucas — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:26:24 +0000

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

timlucas — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:39:22 +0000

Looks like i missed the party…

The Archers

timlucas — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:58:48 +0000

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!

timlucas — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:23:56 +0000

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

timlucas — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:52:28 +0000

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

timlucas — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:28:04 +0000

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

timlucas — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:12:03 +0000

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