Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Dec 10, 2009, 5:25 pm
I’ve noticed over the past couple of months that people are often trying to get hold of me but struggle to find a way.  So, given that I actually like chatting to people, I thought I should make it...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on A Passion To Understand - Dec 10, 2009, 4:33 pm
Today is Human Rights Day and it was on this day in 1948 that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.  The UDHR has become a universal sta...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Dec 9, 2009, 3:49 pm
The second story in the first season of Doctor Who aired on the BBC between 21st December 1963 and 1st February 1964.  The story arc is known as The Daleks and introduced what would become the Doctor...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Dec 9, 2009, 1:16 pm
Click here for more Wordless Wednesday participants Copyright 2008-2009 Missus Emm http://missus-emm.blogspot.com 3mm154m2ndy
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Dec 6, 2009, 8:32 am
Sometimes I see something that I’d love to share but don’t really have a whole story for.  That is why I started taking part in the Wordless Wednesday group and I thought I’d occasionally share...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Dec 6, 2009, 7:50 am
We took a chance yesterday and turned up at our local cinema without knowing what was showing beforehand.  As it turned out, there were only two shows starting around the time we arrived and as we ha...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Dec 3, 2009, 11:01 pm
It was getting on in time and soon I would be catching a coach back to New York.  I took one last look behind me to remind myself just how far I had travelled that day. There was a big event ...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Dec 3, 2009, 2:59 pm
I seemed to remember quite enjoying Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur which was why I was quite excited to find this book in the library.  The front cover review read “may become the most popular par...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Dec 2, 2009, 1:20 pm
Click here for more Wordless Wednesday participants Copyright 2008-2009 Missus Emm http://missus-emm.blogspot.com 3mm154m2ndy
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Dec 1, 2009, 4:21 pm
I’ve often mentioned my fascination with the Church of St Luke, the bombed out shell of a church that still stands in Liverpool.  When I was in Liverpool a couple of weeks ago, I thought I owed it ...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on A Passion To Understand - Nov 30, 2009, 3:56 pm
December 1 is World Aids Day and the World Aids Campaign has selected "Universal Access and Human Rights" as the theme for the 2009/2010 campaign. The timing of this campaign is vital as it is linked ...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 29, 2009, 12:08 pm
Oh, what a disappointment!  Betrayed is the second book in PC and Kristin Cast’s House of Night series.  Barely two weeks before I picked up Betrayed I read, loved and gave a gushing 5-star review...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on A Passion To Understand - Nov 28, 2009, 4:29 pm
Srebrenica Mass Grave The primary purpose of this post will be to explore the legal definition of the term “genocide”.  In my next post, I shall discuss problems, limitations and criticisms of...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 27, 2009, 6:04 pm
My dear blogging friend Kathy of Hometown Tourist and Bridges to London enquired on my last DC post about whether I managed to visit the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.  The answer is a re...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 26, 2009, 2:54 pm
I can’t get enough of Parov Stelar, I really can’t.  It just makes me gleeful and happy to listen to his music and my favourite time of day is when I get off the train and can switch my iPod up f...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 25, 2009, 4:46 pm
On Saturday 23 November 1963, Doctor Who exploded onto British television screens with the first episode of the story arc named "An Unearthly Child”.  The arc consisted of four episodes. Fi...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 25, 2009, 1:34 pm
Click here for more Wordless Wednesday participants Copyright 2008-2009 Missus Emm http://missus-emm.blogspot.com 3mm154m2ndy
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 24, 2009, 3:23 pm
One of the aspects of being an expat is that your circle shrinks dramatically.  In South Africa my life was drastically different to life in London and I was a very social person.  There were the fr...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on A Passion To Understand - Nov 23, 2009, 3:17 pm
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Aruba, Tanzania Link: Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court I can't even begin to fathom the pain and frustration that one must f...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 23, 2009, 2:46 pm
New Moon is one of those films. Either you're a fan and you care about what people are saying about the film or you really, really don't. Despite having been so disappointed with the book and ...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 22, 2009, 4:17 pm
I usually book concert tickets months and months in advance and spend just about forever looking forward to them.  To illustrate, this week I booked tickets to Muse on September 11th next year but I�...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 20, 2009, 2:01 pm
After hours of walking in the hot sun, it was an absolute pleasure to arrive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  There was a long queue to get in and heightened security too as it was sh...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 19, 2009, 4:30 pm
The Host by Stephenie Meyer is just the type of body-snatching, brink of the extinction of humankind type of science fiction tale I’ve always loved.  The premise isn’t entirely original:  worm-l...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 18, 2009, 4:54 pm
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars Written by Russell T. Davies And Phil Ford Directed by Graeme Harper It’s the beginning of the end for the Tenth Doctor as the last of the Time Lo...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 17, 2009, 2:53 pm
Like a phoenix rising up from the flames, it looks like the Quiggins Centre in Liverpool has been revived.  Quiggins was a quirky little shopping centre made up of loads of little alternative, counte...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 17, 2009, 10:46 am
© BBC I have a deeply emotional connection to Doctor Who and the related Whoverse. I can remember, clear as day, being terrified by the Daleks at the tender age of six or seven and once we left En...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on A Passion To Understand - Nov 16, 2009, 4:02 pm
Banners On Tiananmen Square Link: Spanish Judge Calls Top Chinese Officials to Account for Genocide This is an interesting story.  A Spanish judge has accepted charges of genocide and torture a...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 10, 2009, 4:06 pm
I'm currently in my second favourite city on Earth. It used to be my favourite city but then I went to New York and this city was relegated to second place.  Considering how very much I love...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 8, 2009, 6:30 pm
Indiessential Albums of 2009 A couple of weeks ago, I was thinking that 2009 had been pretty uneventful as far as new music was concerned. I guess I was feeling a bit uninspired and disenchanted. Sud...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 8, 2009, 1:22 pm
The Lincoln Memorial I finally managed to tear myself away from the cool fountains of the National World War II Memorial and I walked towards the Lincoln Memorial.  It is quite an impressive old s...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on A Passion To Understand - Nov 7, 2009, 6:26 am
Rwandan Genocide, originally uploaded by daveblume I’ve started reading A Time for Machetes: The Rwandan Genocide - The Killers Speak.  I’m just reading the opening pages where the killers spe...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 6, 2009, 5:15 pm
When will I learn my lesson?  When will I learn to ignore the reviews and to go see the films I want to see and make up my own mind?  I was so scared of being disappointed by Terminator Salvation, a...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm in London - Nov 5, 2009, 4:28 pm
I know Halloween is already a distant memory for some but I just had to tell the world of the horrifying experience I had on Saturday!  We got up bright and early and went to our usual restaurant in ...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 4, 2009, 3:45 pm
I’m surprised that I keep going for vampire books as it is not my favourite genre.  But there I was standing in a bookstore the weekend after we moved house and I walked out with Dead Until Dark by...
Comment - Like

Mandy S. posted an article on Emm Media - Nov 3, 2009, 12:04 pm
I wrote a while ago about how I wasn't happy with the new redesign of the Doctor Who logo. Well, I have to admit, after seeing it in action with the accompanying sounds of the Tardis, I have to ad...
Comment - Like