It is understood that the Queen is keen to meet President Obama. He will be invited to Buckingham Palace when he arrives in UK for the G20 meeting in April. This is a highly unusual meeting as the President is not on an official visit to the UK.

The Queen's last meeting with a US president was with George Bush during his farewell European tour last June when she invited him to Windsor Castle for tea, this was also very unusual as she treats Windsor very much... Read More

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Happy Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day is the second largest card sending and receiving day each year only surpassed by Christmas. One billion valentine cards are sent each year. In fact it is believed that the first greeting card ever send was a Valentine.

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The fifth annual LGBT History Month looks set to be the biggest ever with hundreds of events planned nationwide. History Month, which takes place throughout February, was started back in 2005 by the LGBT campaigning group Schools Out. It has grown to become one of the biggest events in the LGBT diary.

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It was interesting flying home the day after Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the USA. Enabling us to get a view of the ceremony from both sides of the Atlantic. Bumping into fellow Brits on Duval street just before leaving we exchanged views that the ceremony although marvellously attended by the biggest crowd ever, was a little lacklustre. However we put this down the fact that here in the UK events like this have a lot of... Read More

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What a wonderful turnout for the inauguration, but can't imagine standing out in all that cold weather for such a length of time. Just imagine trying to find your way to the John every now and then.

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