With gloom and doom abound, news breaks that the #2 in line to ascend to the throne of the Germanic make-belief fiefdom (after all, it exchanged its name of noble lineage from Saxe-Coburg & Gotha into Windsor(e) some years back, to lure more American tourists through its gates after WW-I) is about to get married to a commoner. While it's good to see that two bright and well educated people tie the knot, and even present themselves uncharacteristically attractively for Brits, the nuptiles do nothing to improve the image of the country, let alone to pull the nation out of the doldrums of general decline.
The world laughs once again at Britain, but Brits mis-interpret the global appearance of bemusement and condescending grimaces as shared expressions of merriment. I approve of, and wish the best of luck to the future couple, which so far seems to have done everything right to break with the tradition of crumbled marriages and dysfunctional relationships which are hallmarks of the world's ugliest monarchy to the naked eye.
London added a new feature to bolster its reputation as the world's top city, rich of cultural diversity and a haven of tolerance: a previously unthinkable French-only radio station hit the airwaves today (link: http://www.frenchradiolondon.com/french/listen-live/?v=1 )
It's a fitting response to the insecure Gallics, who impose circumspectively severe on-the-air restrictions on their media outlets to prevent the use of such potentially corrupting foreign words like 'computer' instead of the complex and elaborate 5-word French term for it (which we decided to ban here). Any French radio station is prohibited to air a greater than 10% share of its playtime with non-French language music.
French Radio London is an enrichment for the country; a warm welcome to London!
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