What Was New: August 2004

25 August

We've been busy moving house over the last week or two, but are now back online and will be bringing you more new material in the next few days. For starters, here's a brand new music article:

Testing, testing...

"As I look out of the office window here in Berkshire, all I see is the drizzling nasty rain that pre-empts the English Bank Holiday. Forget what they said at school, Keats got it wrong with all that misty mellowness nonsense. Nevertheless, let's not bellyache as it is festival time with my town, Reading, smugly proclaiming itself 'home of festivals' with both WOMAD and Carling." David Stockton previews the late summer's rock and indie music events:
Festival Frenzy

30 August

More haste, less speed!

"By now you may feel you know Canada well, from surfing the internet, or from travel books and news items you've read. You've applied for your Permanent Resident (PR) visa and know it could take up to two years to receive it. You've been waiting what seems like an eternity and you don't feel like waiting any longer. So you've decided to throw caution to the wind and leave early to start your new life in Canada." Thelma O'Connor of CanadaWise counsels patience in her latest guide to immigration to Canada:
Playing the Waiting Game Wisely!

31 August

An Incompetent Continental!

"It is a remarkable British and Irish export success story. You know it from its name, from the Guinness signs and from the noisy crowd within. But most of all you know it from the magic words 'English Football' displayed outside." Rowland Jack waxes lyrical on that great commercial and cultural phenomenon:
The Expat Pub
(We enjoyed Rowland's previous contributions so much we've offered him his own column!)