This might suit someone… The British Council is looking for people to join its TN2020 network… According to the blurb… “Accepted applicants will become full members of TN2020, which includes participation in the upcoming TN2020 Summit to be held in Chicago, USA in June 2010.”
John Laird (Lord Laird of Artigarvan) is unionism’s jester. His memoir A Struggle To Be Heard ” by a True Ulster Liberal” (from Slugger’s shop on Amazon here) might serve more as a heavy stocking filler than anybody’s idea of a main present. In it he wears the masks of comedy and tragedy to turn the [...] read our review »
World by Storm has a nice piece up on the IRA’s role in helping MK, the armed wing of the ANC, in the 1980s. In particular he sees a strange alchemy at work there: …if one can think of a clearly legitimate contemporary struggle it was that against apartheid and it is to the credit [...] read our review »
Just curious, although I do believe in developing young future leaders, isn’t it illegal to age discriminate in advertising in the U.K.?
It should be added, of course, that the two young people who are to be sponsored by the British Council should have no intention of ever applying for a student visa for study programs or enrolling on a course in Russia, as they will have ruined their chances by being associated with an NGO that the Russians regard as a front for MI6 operatives.