‘A curious stage convention insists that an Irishman, whatever his position, must speak with a pronounced brogue, and a Scotsman with a strong Scots accent.’
– The Nelson Evening Mail, Monday, July 30, 1906
61% of employees have generally felt happy
at work in the last month.
Poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
named their first-born ‘Pen’.
More people are killed each year retrieving
change from vending machines than by wolf
attacks.
This year, GP appointments over Christmas
are available in your area.
The island nation of Sri Lanka has two prime
ministers.
No child should dream of being Richard Daw-
kins.
November 9th is Shakespeare Authorship Mys-
tery Day.
An ‘arshin‘ was a Russian measure of length
approximately equivalent to 71 centimetres. A
‘pood‘ was a measure of weight equivalent to
16 kilograms.
There is no shortage of medals in the Italian
army.
All eyes are on BTS (and their story of pain and
gain).
The local name for Armenia is ‘Haïastan’.
Alan Titchmarsh took his wife on the Orient
Express.
Men are rarely complimented.
ASH Smyth writes. Find out more at: www.ashsmyth.com.