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Free London Museums: The Photographers' Gallery
There are three galleries offering a change of photographic exhibitions from photographers around the world. Admission is free and the small gallery can be found at 5&8 Great Newport Street WC2H, tel: 020 7831 1772, website: www.photonet.org.uk From 4th October to 16th November, there is a great exhibition called Brixton Studio which looks at local…
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New European Air Line Compensation Rules
Airlines in Europe will have to pay increased compensation to passengers who are stranded by cancellations or overbooking on flights if new legislation is approved. At present, passengers who are forced to take a later flight because of overbooking – a common practice among carriers – or find their flight has been cancelled get between…
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Meeting News from Ontario:
Coming up on November 15, 2002, Robin Christmas, Linda Rosenbaum & Family: “The Ve-Ahavta” (“You Shall Love”) a video of a community development project in Bartica, Guyana. For information on Ontario meetings, please contact: Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of…
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The European Alpine Federation from Iain Kemble
Some information on one of the best accommodation bargains in Spain if not Europe via Membership of The European Alpine Federation. British residents can join through the Austrian Alpine Club-UK Section PO Box 43, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL8 6PA, Tel 01707-386740. Or e-mail: e-mail: manager@aacuk.uk.com website: www.aacuk.demon.co.uk/ Membership costs £30 per year and entitles…
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London bus tours
There are a few to choose from, so we thought we'd tell prospective visitors to London about the top four, plus the Harrods coach. The convenient thing about taking one of these tours is that you can get to see pretty much all of the major sites of historical importance in one day, and this…
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Meeting News from Texas:
This month we will have two guest speakers. Chris Schorre, our own resident photographer, will present a slide show of Spain. Christina and Susan will recount their recent trip to Madrid. Future meetings will be held on December 14th and January 11th. Mark your calendars. A reminder that Texas meetings will start one hour earlier,…
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New Airport Checks on Middle Eastern Visitors to the US
The Malaysian prime minister condemned the new security checks on Muslim and Arab visitors introduced at US airports in October 2002. Mahathir Mohamad labelled the new immigration rules as “anti-Muslim” and said America's stance was unfortunate. Passengers arriving in the US from Muslim and Middle East countries are now photographed and fingerprinted by the immigration…
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Scottish Dinosaur Print Find:
Whilst walking her dog, a local hotelier on Staffin island, off Skye found a dinosaur footprint dating from the Jurassic period in rock on the beach. Experts say huge meat-eating dinosaurs that left their prints in the sand 165 million years ago probably made the tracks. Scientists have described the discovery on the east coast…
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London Markets: Berwick Street Market
This street was featured on the cover of Oasis' ‘What's the Story? Morning Glory' LP, and is also home to a tiny market in the heart of Soho. Soho is that rather strange little area in central London occasionally described as London's infamous sex district. This is where you can find (if you are looking!)…
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Views of Highgate by Matthew Doughty
One of the best ways to discover some of the many views of and from this well known corner of north London can be located by heading up Highgate Hill, at the Archway junction of the A1. Since living in the area, I've completed this route many times and found whether I travel by foot,…
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