Fay Young

Month: December 2008

  • What broken society?

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      New media gives schoolchildren the chance to present their own view of the world And there at last was Crawfordjohn; a ribbon of wet tarmac unwinding to a small place hidden in the South Lanarkshire hills.  A village so small the church had to close and there are only 12 children in the primary…

  • Window shopping in Amsterdam

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    Dressed for Christmas: not all goods are as well wrapped as the amaryllis. There’s a lot of life on show in Amsterdam shop windows. Claire summed it up with a phrase I wish I had thought of. On her first night she went for a stroll and returned wide eyed at goods on offer in…