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July 2018

In this issue:British HospitalAnglo InstituteGBUABack In TimeDickens InstituteCrosswordsand more...

BSULecture Supper

BSUCentenary Brit Rock

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018

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BSU CONTACT Newsletterwww.britsoc.org.uywww.facebook.com/BritSocUyMontevideo, Uruguay

ContentsPresident’s Words ___________________________2Upcoming Events ____________________________3Social News ________________________________3Benefits For Members ________________________4Trip To Fray Bentos __________________________4Lecture Supper _____________________________5Centenary Brit Rock __________________________6Bingo Tea Party _____________________________7British Society Choir _________________________7The Sir Winston Churchill Home ________________8British Embassy ____________________________10British Hospital _____________________________12Anglo-Uruguayan Cultural Institute _____________13Graduates Of British Universities Association _____17Silver River Lodge __________________________18St. Andrew's Society Of Uruguay _______________19British Cemetery ___________________________20Uruguayan-British Club ______________________21Dickens Institute ____________________________22Medical Column ____________________________25Simon's Cat _______________________________26Back In Time ______________________________27Manuel, Of His Own Fist and Letter _____________29The Green Residence _______________________29Geoff the Chef’s Corner ______________________30Crosswords Time! __________________________31Link O' The Month __________________________32Andy Capp ________________________________32

President:Richard A. [email protected] 096 233 233

Treasurer: Ricardo [email protected] 547 279

Newsletter Editor: Joanna N [email protected] 744 479

Vice President: Gabriel [email protected] 264 614

Webmaster: Geoffrey [email protected] 586 168

Secretary: Andrea [email protected] 123 906

British EmbassyNewsPage 10

Chair of the Sir Winston Churchill Home and Benevolent Funds: Carolyn [email protected]

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CONTACT NEWSLETTER · July 2018

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THE BRITISH SOCIETY IN URUGUAY

Dear members,

June’s bingo tea party in aid of the Benevolent Fund was well-attended and enjoyed by all. We thank those who took part for their support of our charity which needs you, our members, to survive. Remember the Benevolent Fund is the British Community’s way of supporting its least fortunate; The British Society is only the vehicle for this to happen.

The World Cup has had most of us glued to our television sets during the second half of June, and will continue to do so until mid-July. At the moment I write these lines, Uruguay and England are both still in the competition, the former having finished first in its group with no goals scored against it, the latter having opted to come second in its group (playing the last group-phase match against Belgium fielding none of its star players) to end up in the ‘easy’ side of the draw in the championship’s second phase. Both teams did very well in the first part of the competition, and we hope both will do well in the second part… a Uruguay vs England final is even potentially on the cards!

This month we are starting the final drive to update our members database, so do not be surprised if you are contacted and asked to provide information we are lacking. Thank you all for your patience. :)

The Executive Committee continues to work to try and make your British Society membership more value for money. In that respect we have signed a deal with the Anglo-Uruguayan Cultural Institute whereby henceforth members of The British Society will benefit receiving two tickets for the price of one to all productions staged at the Anglo Theatre!

This year’s first lecture-supper with journalist Tomás Linn, which was originally scheduled for June, had to be postponed due to the lecturer’s availability. However, it has now been set for Tuesday 24th July at The Anglo School in Carrasco. The talk will be about Uruguay’s electoral panorama with a view to the next general elections.We hope to see you there!

Richard A. Empson

PRESIDENT’S WORDS

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UPCOMING EVENTS

SOCIAL NEWS

July Birthdays:

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15th -16th -16th -16th -17th -22nd -24th -25th -26th -27th -28th -

Elizabeth HambrookMarion MaynierMaría LebratoHelena FreyreJohn HobbinsNicholas BeareCarlos Monkhouse-JonesFederico CarterZara DaviesGeraldine PoolVictoria HobbinsPaulina SalvoIngrid Gordon-Firing

Wednesday, 4th at 12:15 hrsLunch Invitation: EDUY21Hotel NH ColumbiaRbla. Gran Bretaña 473 Organised by: CUB

Tuesday, 24th at 19:30 hrsLecture Supper: Electoral PanoramaAnglo School Carrasco Organised by: BSU

Future Events:

Thursday, 9th of August at 20:00 hrsAfter OfficeShelter Patio CerveceroAndresito Guacurari 1806Organised by: BSU

Sat. 11th / Sun. 12th of August14th Anglo CongressRadisson Montevideo,Victoria Plaza Hotel Organised by: Anglo Institute Wednesday, 26th of SeptemberCentenary Brit RockAnglo TheatreSan José 1426Organised by: St. Andrew's Society of Uruguay

Saturday, 6th of OctoberCaledonian BallCentro Gallego, CarrascoAv. Italia 7504 Organised by: St. Andrew's Society of Uruguay





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BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS

TRIP TO FRAY BENTOS

To celebrate its centenary, The British Society is setting up a trip to the historic city of Fray Bentos in the month of November.

The trip will be by bus and will include visits to the former Frigirífico Anglo (now a UNESCO world heritage site) and the UPM pulp mill, as well as a tour of the city and

the neighbouring resort of Las Cañas and a meal at the Fray Bentos Golf Club (built by famous golf course designer Dr Allister Mackenzie in 1928).

Lodging will be recommended, but not included, since different people may have different ideas on the matter. We do not yet have a final cost for the entire trip, but are

calculating it will be in the order of US$100 per person.

To gage members' interest and fine tune costs (the more people come, the cheaper the trip will be per person) we would like to ask all those interested to contact

[email protected] or call 099123906 and tentatively register for the trip.

The British Society has reached an agreement with the Anglo-Uruguayan Cultural Institute whereby members of The British Society will receive two tickets for the price of one to all productions staged at the Anglo Theatre starting 1 July 2018. Exceptions will be few and will be announced by the Anglo-Uruguayan Cultural Institute. The Executive Committee would like to thank the Anglo-Uruguayan Cultural Institute for their good will and support of our Society. This agreement is part of our drive to make membership of The British Society more value for money. Watch this space for future announcements in this respect.



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CENTENARY BRIT ROCK



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BINGO TEA PARTY

The British Society´s Choir started on February with a jolly good number of singers. Rehearsals take place on Fridays at 3868 Rivera Avenue at the House of the British Cemetery NOW FROM 19:30 to 21:30. Newcomers are most welcome!!!

Choir Conductor: Gerard Grimaud.

Contact 099123906, Secretary of the British Society, if you are willing to join us.

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THE SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL HOME

We celebrated el Día del Abuelo at the Home on 19th of June with lots of visitors!

The Home is nicely decorated to watch the World Cup in Russia. No one misses a match!

Vivi’s two daughters came to have tea and were given a thank you gift made by their mother!

Ernesto was happy to have one of his daughters and a granddaughter have tea with him!

Herbert’s twin granddaughters and his son came to see him!





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THE SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL HOME

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On Tuesday 26th of June we had the pleasure of inviting Ian and Neil to tea at the Home.

Our residents had a lovely time chatting with them and everybody enjoyed the delicious cakes.

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BRITISH EMBASSY

START OF VISITS SEASON

Congratulations to our Honorary Consul, Andrew Beare, on receiving a Member of the British Empire award for his services to British interests. Ambassador Ian Duddy was delighted to present the MBE to Andrew at a Tea reception attended by Andrew’s family, friends and other Honour holders.

ANDREW BEARE, MBE

The Embassy had a busy month with two visitors coming from the UK. In a one-day trip, Mark Lancaster, Minister for the Armed Forces met Uruguayan ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs, the chiefs of the Armed Forces, and attended a presentation about Peacekeeping operations. You can read more detail about his time in Montevideo on our Facebook page. A few weeks later, Professor Dame Sally Davies came for two days to talk about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) with the Ministers of Health and Agriculture, Parliamentarians and authorities of Instituto Nacional de la Carne. She also delivered a presentation about AMR at the British Hospital attended by doctors, academics, and other health professionals. You can read a summary of her visit here.



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FUN DAY AT THE RESIDENCE

Last year the Ambassador visited school children from Escuela Casabó and Escuela Gran Bretaña. This time, it was their turn to visit him at the Residence. Ambassador Duddy gave them a short talk about the UK, and they watched a short film about the importance of reducing the use of plastic bags before going out to the garden for a treasure hunt. It was an enjoyable day for everyone!

BRITISH EMBASSY

ALL AGAINST PLASTICEmbassy staff took part in a beach cleaning event on World Environment Day, 5th June, in Playa Verde, Piriápolis. The British government and the Foreign Office stepped up their commitment to reduce single-use plastics and the Embassy is also working to reduce the amount of plastic products used both at the Residence and in the office.

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BRITISH HOSPITAL

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THINK AND ACT IN SHADES OF GREEN;FOUR PRACTICAL LOOKS TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE URUGUAY

GRADUATES OF BRITISH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION

The Association of Graduates of British Universities in Uruguay (GBUA) had the pleasure to organize an event to enhance the implementation of sustainability throughout its scope of shades; covering a wide range of topics from sustainable design, sustainable food, sustainability reporting and data to circular economy, green economy, blue economy among others.

Three Uruguayan Masters and a Mexican Master with extensive experience and specialized in sustainability got together to discuss the relevance of the "sustainable systems and their application in Uruguay”; Pablo Montes (biologist), Silvana Juri (designer), Guillermo Sena (economist) and a Liliana Montiel (researcher) contribute to the dialectic and to promote dialogue by sharing their knowledge in sustainability acquired in the United Kingdom. Through a dynamic debate, they contrasted different theoretical frameworks, addressing the practical applications that they have developed around their area of specialization by approaching its benefits and the challenges within its application at a national and global level.

Pablo Montes, a professional specialized in project management, enhanced the conversation by sharing his experience in the integration of sustainability into the national agenda by strengthening the national capacities for a green and inclusive economy. Silvana Juri, who is specialized in Sustainable Design with a focus on Design Thinking, raised the awareness of the relevance of promoting a co-construction of new sustainable food cultures by exploring the possibilities that the field of arts and design offer. Guillermo Sena made a valuable contribution to the discussion and especially to the attendants´ understanding covering different concepts of sustainability and economy, by explaining the role of the environmental evaluation on the development

of a competitive industry (from an economic point of view). Liliana Montiel, who has experience in developing sustainable data management platforms, addressed the essential connection of sustainability reporting and data, and how the two elements are fundamental to assess companies ‘impact on environmental, social and governance factors.





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SILVER RIVER LODGE

All our meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of every month, from March through November, at the William G. Best Masonic Temple, located at

1429 Canelones Street, Montevideo.

For further information please contact us at [email protected] or call Mr. Martin

Macadam at 096 001 995.

GRADUATES OF BRITISH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATIONThe four professionals completed their master's degrees through the prestigious

Chevening scholarship program of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in cooperation with local partner organizations. The event "Think and act in shades of green; Four practical looks towards a sustainable Uruguay" took place on June 14th at the Natural and Popular Club and was developed in an after-office format.

About the organization:

GBUA objective is to promote the strengthening of the Uruguayan-British cultural relationship and the promotion of academic activities to transfer the knowledge acquired by Uruguayan professionals in the United Kingdom. The association was created in 1998 and currently has more than 250 active members. We invite you to follow GBUA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest news.

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ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF URUGUAY

The 2018 Junior Caledonian Competition once again was a Great Success with more than 460 attendants. This year with an additional category, so kids and teenagers up to 18 years old took part.

In addition, to celebrate its Centenary, The British Society gave an extra prize for enjoyment to the best mixed category eightsome that danced the Eightsome Reel.

We would like to thank all those who helped in one way or another, and specially, The British Schools for letting us once again use the Gymnasium.

This year The Caledonian Ball will take Place at the Centro Gallego, in Carrasco, on the 6th of October. This enables us to drastically reduce costs and thus, the price of the tickets. Please look at the next August issue of "Contact" for further details.

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BRITISH CEMETERY

Membership is open to everyone and it is free.You don’t need to be British to join.

All those interested in our events are welcome.

ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF URUGUAY

Practices for the Caledonian Ball will be held at Woodlands School (address: San Carlos de Bolivar and Havre) on every Wednesday at 19:15 hrs as from July 25.

Saturday practices will be held at Colegio Juan XXIII (address: Mercedes 1769) on the 28th of July and the 1st, 8th and 15th of August at 15:30 hrs.

We are looking for another venue for the rest of the Saturdays till the 29th of September.

The Ball is on October 6th. Hope to see you all there!

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CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS CEREMONY

DICKENS INSTITUTE

On 28th May, Dickens Institute had the pleasure to host the Cambridge Awards Ceremony at the Dazzler Hotel, Montevideo. The British Consul, Mr Rossa Commane, Mr Richard Gilby, Regional Director and Ms Lucila Marquez, Senior Manager, both representing Cambridge Assessment International Education Latin America, and Dickens Authorities Patricia Alvarez Harvey and Mónica Harvey were present to present the Awards to the most outstanding students of the IGCSE Examinations 2017 in Uruguay.

Of the 19 students selected by Cambridge as outstanding in Uruguay, there were 2 who had the honour of being Top in the World in the subjects of their choice. We believe this is a great distinction for them, their School and Uruguay as well, as their results were measured against the results of students of 40 countries around the world. This is no mean feat! All the students who passed their IGCSE Exams 2017 deserve our sincere congratulations, but the Top 19 students who received awards and both the students who were Top in the World deserve our deepest admiration!

Cambridge Assessment International Education and Dickens Institute are working side by side to help Schools, teachers and students to achieve better skills to face this ever changing world we live in.





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CAMBRIDGE IGCSE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES SEMINAR FOR IGCSE TEACHERSYou may well be asking yourselves what are Global Perspectives? The truth is that most of us have never heard of a Global Perspectives Course. If we are lucky and have children or grandchildren studying IGCSE courses at school we may have. If not it is interesting to know that it is one of the Cambridge Assessment International Education IGCSE Courses that is most mind opening for the students that will be facing an ever changing world.

The emphasis is on developing the ability of the students to think critically about a range of global issues where there is always more than one point of view and even working with other learners across the world.

On May 14th and 15th Cambridge Assessment International Education and Dickens Institute offered a seminar on how to teach Global Perspectives delivered by Ms Cristiane Costa Lima, Cambridge Global Perspectives Examiner. The two day training course took place in the Intercity Hotel, Montevideo. The number of participants was restricted to 30 and there was a full house. Teachers and coordinators

from bilingual schools in Montevideo, Paysandú, Fray Bentos and Maldonado were extremely pleased with the training session. They all agreed that although the Global Perspectives programme is a great challenge for teachers and students it is entirely worth it. The seminar was a very enriching experience for a group of schools that are working very hard to prepare their students for a very demanding future!

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HUMANISM AND PROFESSIONALISM IN MEDICINE

MEDICAL COLUMN by Dr Jorge C Stanham MBE [email protected]

About a month ago, I was invited by one of our Departments in the Hospital, where they provide postgraduate courses and specialty certifications in a highly complex area of Medicine. I was to accompany a retired Professor from both the public and private medical schools, who at present devotes himself to investigate, publish and teach in the rich areas of Medical Humanism and Medical Professionalism. When he turned eighty, he published a book1 where he both synthesises and expands on both concepts. The residents are asked to read the book reflectively and to write either a summary or the impressions they have, of the specific chapters covered in each of the fortnightly workshops. My natural anxiety made me read the book from cover to cover in less than a week.

The author distinguishes between Humanism and Professionalism, on their different sources, history and relevance to modern medical practice. After reading through the book – I hope reflectively – I summarised my impressions and did my homework. What follows is what I wrote and presented at the following meeting.

In the first place, Professionalism (excuse the capitalisation) has to do with a set of rules, that have their source in the person of the physician, either alone or as a group, from those who require their services and the society within which they

practise. Therefore, those who choose the medical profession, have to abide by these rules that regulate how he or she behaves, individually and with relation to his or her colleagues, with patients, with the organisations within which they work and finally, with organised society as a whole. These rules may be explicit in laws, codes of ethics, collegial associations and by international entities like the World Medical Association and the World Health Organisation. They provide the necessary uniformity between doctors and define the standards of what constitutes being a physician, how they should be trained and how they should practice. Besides, by restricting what doctors do to those professionally qualified, physicians are given a monopoly and exclusive rights over what is considered medical practice.

In a rather restrictive and reductionist view, would describe Professionalism as a vessel, bottle or box, that is similar in looks and label with other vessels. Society can therefore tell, who qualifies professionally as a doctor from who doesn’t.

Humanism, on the other hand, isn’t exclusive of physicians. Humanism has to do with persons, in a sense: with everybody. It has to do with one’s values and how they relate to the deepest questions that life poses to all of us. In othe words, Humanism has to do how each of us confronts our own existence.

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MEDICAL COLUMN by Dr Jorge C Stanham MBE [email protected]

Humanism has to do with the inevitability of our finitude and eventual death, with disease and suffering from all causes, with guilt and what meaning we strive to give to these inevitable dimensions of our own existence. Humanism, therefore, is what gives life to Professionalism, which I described earlier as an inert container.

The vessel of Professionalism should be filled with the contents of Humanism. Without Humanism, empathy and compassion are impossible. However, these contents are at risk of deteriorating or emptying themselves over time, if the physician is not proactive to keep them fresh and full. Sadly, in the present century, we are to some extent living a

crisis of Humanism, reflected in physician burnout (exhaustion, cynicism and lack of accomplishment) and worse so, in the worrying incidence of physician suicide. Therefore, Humanism should be taught, renewed and made central to doctors’ worldview and the vessel of Professionalism kept fresh and full, so as to keep physicians engaged in work, with meaning, happiness, empathy and compassion. Isolated Professionalism is empty and potentially selfish, both personally and corporatively and therefore damaging to a healthy doctor-patient relationship.

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WALTZING MATILDAWhen I landed in Sydney in 1969 I had no idea what Australia was all about. I had just

come from Spain where I’d spent three years in Madrid, which was a bustling, crowded, very urban European city. Now I was ensconced on the north shore of Sydney harbour, in a suburb called Neutral Bay that was like living in a leafy garden overlooking a large lake. I was staying in a garage apartment behind a house that belonged to Wendy, a friend of Juanín’s, my traveling companion. Wendy shared the house with two or three other girls, and all in all life was good. But was this really Australia? “Not really,” said Fades, one of Wendy’s many friends. “Well, it’s the city version, for what that’s worth. If you want to see the real Australia, you should head out to the country. Go bush.”

Sometimes you can almost see the cup throwing the dice of destiny. As it happened, Juanín and I were at something of a loose end, and it soon transpired that Fades was extremely keen to leave town for a while. He was anxious to disappear until some financial misunderstandings in the city were resolved and certain people had calmed down a bit.

“Ah!” said Wendy. “Bloody typical. Whenever things get complicated you just fade away.” She turned to Juanín. “That’s why we call him Fades.”

So, the next morning we were off. Fades had a large car—what Australians call a yank tank—and the three of us piled in and hit the road. Once we got well away from the city the distances were enormous and the land was flat all the way to the horizon. Sometimes we drove for hours without seeing another vehicle. We had very little money between us, so the plan was to look for work here and there along the way. That’s what jackaroos do when they’re not employed on a sheep or cattle station in the Australian outback.

Three or four weeks later we felt like veteran jackaroos—we’d swept out a huge warehouse, harvested barley, built (sort of) a couple of grain silos, worked the night shift at a milk processing plant, and done a few other menial jobs as well. We’d covered quite a bit of ground, but still hadn’t seen what Fades referred to as the real Australia. Until one day on the road to Jerilderie—a handful of buildings huddled around a crossroads in the middle of nowhere—we saw what looked like a good place to stop for a picnic lunch. We turned off on a dirt track and drove towards a stand of tall trees. The trees cast their shade over a U-shaped bend in a gently meandering river. Fades sucked in his breath. “This is it!” he said. “This is a billabong! It doesn’t get any more Australian than this!” Visibly moved, he started singing,

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in a low, surprisingly melodious voice, what some consider to be Australia’s unofficial national anthem:

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled: You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.

We found comfortable places to sit down and eat our sandwiches, each leaning our backs against the smooth trunk of a coolibah tree, a kind of eucalyptus. Waltzing Matilda is a much-loved bush ballad written by Banjo Patterson in 1895. A swagman was a tramp who travelled the country looking for work. His swag was the bedroll and belongings he carried bundled on his back. For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, his swag was called “Matilda,” and “waltzing” was once a slang word for “walking.” In the song the swagman makes a little fire on the banks of a billabong—just like the one where we were sitting—and boils water for tea in his “billy,” short for billycan. A sheep comes to drink from the river and the swagman, seeing several free meals on the hoof, as it were, stuffs it into his food bag.

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong. Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee. And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag: You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.

Then the local landowner appears, accompanied by three policemen, who threaten to arrest the swagman for stealing the sheep.

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred. Down came the troopers, one, two, and three. Whose is that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.

But the swagman is a free spirit, a metaphor for Australia’s defining sense ofindependence, and he tells the authorities they’ll never take him alive.

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong. You'll never catch me alive! said he And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong: You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.

We were all silent when Fades stopped singing. A faint breath of air stirred the leaves above our heads and rippled the surface of the water. The aboriginal words in the lyrics of the ballad echoed in my mind, evoking images of the people who had lived on these lands back in the Dreamtime, long before the Europeans arrived. My fellow jackaroo was right. This was the real Australia.

Chorus: Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled: You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.

P.S. Listen to Slim Dusty’s version of Waltzing Matilda here.

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Manuel has been sent on a work placement at the estancia of his Tía Varicosa, where there is no wifi, nor even a telephone. But he will write again in September.

MANUEL, OF HIS OWN FIST AND LETTER by Richard [email protected]

On Wednesday 26th June, The Green Residence had the pleasure of having the British Ambassador Mr Ian Duddy, to tea. He came accompanied by Ms Karina Aprile, Consular Officer and our good friend and frequent visitor Ms Gloria Trelles BEM came too. All the ladies who live at The Green Residence were very happy and enthusiastic at the idea of this visit and to be able to share a delicious tea with the Ambassador.

We would like to thank the Ambassador on behalf of the ladies of the British community for making them feel so special and important. They all appreciated it immensely since sometimes they have little possibilities or opportunitues to get out or feel that others do care!

THE GREEN RESIDENCE

Thank you and please come again!

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GEOFF THE CHEF’S CORNER by Geoffrey W [email protected]

Ingredients

• 8 slices day-old crusty white bread, crusts removed • 50g very soft butter• 4 tbsp orange marmalade, plus 4 tsp• 300ml full-fat milk • 248ml pot double cream• 3 large eggs• seeds 1 vanilla pod (or 1 teaspoon)• 4 tbsp brown sugar• 1 tbsp whisky• icing sugar, for dusting

Here is a very simple recipe to warm your afternoons in this cold winter weather. The ultimate grown-up comfort food use leftover fruit, bread or even croissants instead of the bread if you prefer. The original recipe calls for Seville orange marmalade, but you can use your own homemade or bought at the store.

And don't worry, you won't get sloshed with this desert.

Method

1. Butter each piece of bread on both sides, then spread 4 with the 1 tbsp marmalade each. 2. Pop the remaining bread on top to make 4 marmalade sandwiches. 3. Cut into triangles and nestle in rows in a large baking dish. 4. Heat oven to 160C/140C.5. Beat the milk, cream, eggs, vanilla, sugar and whisky together, then pour over the bread. 6. Leave to soak for 30 mins.7. Dot the remaining marmalade all over the top of the pudding and dust with the icing sugar. 8. Bake for 45 mins-1 hr or until puffy and starting to caramelise where the bread breaks out of the custard. 9. Serve hot or warm.

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ACROSS 1. Body of water (3) 3. African river (4) 9. Tooth (7)10. Privileged minority (5)11. Buffalo (5)12. Interlace (7)13. Awareness (13)16. Eyelash make-up (7)18. Be of use (5)21. Main artery (5)22. Dancer's garment (7)23. Encounter (4)24. Not well lit (3)

DOWN 1. Hosiery items (5) 2. Poison (7) 4. Incompetent (5) 5. Building (7) 6. Arm or leg (4) 7. Unalterable (11) 8. Gems (6)13. Battle (6)14. Patent medicine (7)15. Fish, shellfish, etc (7)17. Become less intense (5)19. Warning device (5)20. Open-air swimming-pool (4)

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ACROSS 1. Be nosy (3) 3. Transgression (3) 5. Ship's floors (5) 8. Vestige (5) 9. Newspaper format (7)10. Camera accessory (9,4)11. As a whole (2,5)17. No longer in nappies (6-7)19. Avian influenza (4,3)20. Middle-Easterner (5)21. Canvas support (5)22. Unit of weight (3)23. Attempt (3)

DOWN

1. Edible tuber (6) 2. Annual (6) 3. Unduly high (5) 4. Conservation charity (8,5) 5. Doubtful (7) 6. Selected (6) 7. Person who enjoys inflicting pain (6)12. Necessary (7)13. Steady (6)14. Type of cloud (6)15. Baby (6)16. Unusual thing (6)18. Extraterrestrial (5)

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Rare colour photos cast new light on World War II

Find them here! (CNN.com)

ANDY CAPP by Reg Smythe

A new book by Imperial War Museums (IWM) offers rare colour photographs from WWII, many published for the first time in 70 years. They are in their original condition, not retouched nor colourised.

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