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- Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: The demise of the "Funky" Appliance Company - anyone know what happened?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15694
Re: The demise of the "Funky" Appliance Company - anyone know what happened?
Can't imagine what could have gone wrong so quickly, to have gone from launching a new air fryer last month to going bust? Bankruptcies, beer bellies, and ageing. All happen slowly, at first, then all at once. Or something like that. Even in the best economic environments, start-ups go under all th...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 84597
Re: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
At the moment, I’m wondering what will happen if/when Labour are elected and impose VAT charges on Public Schools. How will this affect CH. That depends on whether they do actually put VAT on and at what %, or whether they change the charitable status of many (all?) public/independent schools. Or b...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
- Replies: 28
- Views: 133543
Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
I was surprised by her calling it Christ’s , is that common usage? I would have expected CH or the full name. Of course the change may have been made by the paper. I have heard this on several occasions, but not by current or former pupils or staff themselves. I've heard it said by people who are s...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: St Matthew’s Day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 85969
Re: St Matthew’s Day
I can only remember one trip, during my UF or GE, not sure which. Don't think we had a chartered train, just caught a regular service one, but I do remember the rush to the smoking carriage as soon as it pulled out of the station. There was a similar rush after lunch. The food was much less memorabl...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:40 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Photographs that shaped the urban landscape
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22612
Re: Photographs that shaped the urban landscape
Agree it’s a nice photo, but why on earth is it included? Just a thought, but perhaps the answer is CH's architecture, such as Big School. Valeria Carullo, exhibition lead curator and RIBA photographs curator, says the exhibition is: "... a timely reminder of the importance of citizens' partic...
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
- Replies: 28
- Views: 133543
Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
Huh. Don't remember the walls only going halfway up, but I guess they tried out a range of things during the 90's and might have had different things in different houses to try and find something that would work. We had an open dorm for UF and GE, then the lower dorm was divided into shared rooms fo...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
- Replies: 28
- Views: 133543
Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
I remember visiting once some years after I had left (probably early 90s) and everywhere had wooden partitions and it all looked very jerry-built which I assume is what you endured. That's pretty much what I remember living in. Don't know if it was proper wood or dry wall. At the time I never thoug...
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
- Replies: 28
- Views: 133543
Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
For me, the more interesting part was the idea that keeping kids too busy to think led to burnt out adults unable to switch off. I'd never really though about it like that before. I was close to being burnt out after finishing my PhD, which is fairly common, and something which contributed to it was...
- Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:43 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Brexit
- Replies: 117
- Views: 308672
- Tue May 23, 2023 7:57 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: AI the future or the end?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 23133
Re: AI the future or the end?
That rather sums it up, AI-derived art, literature, music or anything creative will always be mediocre . For sure, but the thing is though, mediocre can still sell. It may only sell once, after which buyers give everything else from the "creator" a wide berth, but much like any scammer, y...
- Fri May 19, 2023 11:48 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: AI the future or the end?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 23133
Re: AI the future or the end?
Good or bad? I'm far from an expert, but I'd say a bit of both since AI is just a tool and so any question of good/bad depends on the motivations and intentions of the user. I can think of a number of fields where it could have a massive positive impact, medical diagnostics and logistics for starte...
- Sat May 06, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CH and slavery
- Replies: 15
- Views: 59460
Re: CH and slavery
Sorry, but I don't read newspapers which publish anti-semitic cartoons. David So in other words, you don't read newspapers. As for the original point, after reading the article, I think that CH appeared to be one of the very few schools actually willing to acknowledge receiving funding and bursarie...
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 10:43 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Brexit
- Replies: 117
- Views: 308672
Re: Brexit
Also, some countries insist, or even legally require (like the US and Canada), that dual nationals of their country and another country, enter the country using the passport from that country and not their other passport. The UK and most European countries have no such rule. I'm fairly sure they do...
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Brexit
- Replies: 117
- Views: 308672
Re: Brexit
Not sure but I was told by someone who took out Spanish citizenship to ensure that her daughter would have no problem, (they both work and live in Spain), that she was told by the British Embassy to hand over her passport to the Spanish authorities when she got her citizenship, and then report it a...
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Brexit
- Replies: 117
- Views: 308672
Re: Brexit
As for Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving, the failings of the Home Office go way beyond that and, for once, it's not something I would place at Brexit's door. Absolutely agree. I've got a lot of friends who have had to navigate the winds of the UK HO over the last 20 years and when you talk to ...