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Eddie George – who seemed to say a few wise things but was on the wrong side of the desk at 11 Downing Street in order to really make a difference.

Opinion piece highlighting China's move to buy massive stocks of industrial metals. They're not daft, you know.

The Dutch Highway Code, in English (PDF). Not so very different from our own, but be sure to give way to military convoys, should you see any.

Covet. Shame the exchange rate is not quite as good as it used to be for buying CDs from the US.

Covet.

Local printers that come highly recommended and might be a solution to my exhibition display requirements.

I'm thinking of having something like this made for my business. I've looked at those fuzzy felt display screens and they are quite expensive and not as professional as I'd like. This might be a good solution.

I'm entirely familiar with this roundabout – the Phormiums that were there before were completely inappropriate (and remember – I've been in the trade for 20 years) and, frankly, looked awful. The new planting is much better.

Local trains in Spanish cities. Dead handy if you want to get to the suburbs of Barcelona, for example.

Not sure that it is right to highlight Maastricht in this article. Although it is in the valley of the Maas, it is in a similar position to a town ike Lewes in England – the surrounding land is really quite high (the area is often referred to as the Dutch Alps). The real trouble is for Westland, Zuid Holland, Noord Holland and the polders around the IJsselmeer and Markermeer.

Interested article. It's also true to say that regional papers (and some nationals – the Indy, for example) now have much smaller journalistic staff numbers than they had twenty years ago. Technology makes up for some of that, but ultimately, the decline in the quality of content must be a result of that reduction of headcount.

Inflatable bed for kids that packs down to a duffelbag.