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Last week at Kultwerk West we celebrated the 60th jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. I used Skype to set up a video link with four people I know from my time in Birmingham or through work, and was really proud to show Britain as a diverse, internationally oriented, and quite relaxed country.



I baked some scones, which went down well; people even…

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Kultwerk West, the "öffentliches Wohnzimmer", will be celebrating the Queen's 60th Jubilee on 31st May at 20.00. We will be having an informal evening of beer, bunting and Berridge's British goodies.

I'll be showing a couple of videos from throughout the Queen's reign, and will be chatting via video link to Abigail Kelly (soprano singer, abigailkellysoprano.com), Wasseem Zaffar (local Councillor from Birmingham), Andy…

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According to the BBC the next general election is likely to be on 6th May: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8496591.stm

I found this link to the site where UK citizens living abroad can register for a postal vote so thought I'd share it here: http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/

Not sure whom I'm going to vote for, but I suppose I ought to!

Hello Britain in Hamburg!



I'm John, as you will have gathered from my profile. I'm stuck back here in Birmingham, where I work for Birmingham City Council as part of the 'Excellence in People Management' programme. (I can bore you with the details on request.)



I have one foot in Hamburg because my fiancée has recently started working there and I'm looking to relocate as soon as I get a job.



My first two visits to Hamburg were school exchanges, and I enjoyed… Continue