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Is the vuvuzela the best thing to happen to us?
Sarah Britten
Back in April, Iceland paralysed half the world when one of its volcanoes produced an ash cloud that prevented commercial aircraft from flying. Thousands of people (including me) were horribly inconvenienced, but this wasn't all bad news for Iceland....

Views: 1016 | 14 Comments » | posted on Thursday, June 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Was that volcano the best ad campaign ever?
Sarah Britten
So I'm miffed that I didn't get to speak at the London Book Fair thanks to that bloody volcano, known in South Africa as Ekkisvokkengatvol. But there's a silver lining to this particular ash cloud, at least for a cold, windblown piece of rock in the ...

Views: 1163 | 11 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , ,

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