Category: archive
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New York:
The November New York meeting was cancelled due to clashing with the New York marathon. Laurie, our New York Chair says “Hello Globies! and Happy Thanksgiving!” Due to holiday parties,…
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Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes
Joanne is from Canada and works with the Beetle. She has not been in the UK very long. She had never been to a bonfire night! We explained to her…
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Ontario:
As soon as we get information on the annual barbecue we will let you know what happened! For information on Ontario meetings, please contact: Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber:…
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Fave Websites of the Month
The Beetle likes the UK Foreign and Commonwealth site – it has everything from employment opportunities to individual country reports – really interesting! UK Foreign and Commonwealth
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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New York:
James Greenwood, a British 30-something, gave up his job and travelled the world by horse for 10 years! His journey brought him through South America, the Far East, Europe, and…
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London.
Charlie Loram, the intrepid trekker/philosopher first visited India in 1992 and visits the Himalayas almost every year. Who else is so well qualified to talk about trekking in Ladakh and…
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What you did not know about Richard Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton was born in 1821 in the UK and studied Arabic at Oxford University. He joined the British Indian Army where he mastered many more languages. He…
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Ontario:
As soon as we get information on the annual barbecue we will let you know what happened! For information on Ontario meetings, please contact: Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber:…
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Tibet from Tom
Tom from North Carolina wrote in to tell us about his time in Tibet: we (a small group of 8) had the usual difficulty with our visa delaying our entry…