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My new phone – ordered today.

Bier Paradijs – does what it says on the tin. Principally a wholesale business, but they seem to have a retail offering too and are just off a motorway I drive very frequently.

This looks like a potentially great way to waste time. I feel a download coming on.

The Schengen Agreement explained in easy bite-sized chunks.

Nine new nations join the Schengen area, bringing the total to 24 countries. I hate being semi-detached from Europe – it’s just one of the reasons why we considered moving to the Netherlands.

Employers could now be legally responsible if their employees have an accident whilst driving their own car on company business if the car or driver is unfit for purpose.

And not before time. Am I the only one who finds the centre of Amsterdam a thoroughly unpleasant place to be?

Happy birthday, Oscar Niemeyer, the creator of some of the most fantastic Jetsons-esque architecture. Who says concrete can’t be beautiful?

An example of why it would be better to have a standard EU-wide tariff so that airlines find no advantage in hopping across a border to get lower environmental taxes. Eindhoven is much closer to transport links and population centres.

Nice article that, in brief, debunks a whole series of medical myths, including my pet hate: homeopathy.

Old BBC News article reporting on an aggregated study that proved that homeopathy is total bunk. One wonders why the NHS pays for this stuff (including a sizeable hospital near me).

First map of the modern age to go on display at the Library of Congress, showing North and South America in great detail decades before European explorers reached the west coast.

International rankings for educational standards in reading and maths. UK fairs badly. Netherlands fairs well. Again.

Bed and breakfast in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

Bed and breakfast, Aldeburgh, Suffolk