Welcome to rascott.com.
This is a personal site that reflects my interests in news, current affairs, aviation and travel.
email me at robert@rascott.com
Photo Albums
My
photographs have been moved off this site and are now stored on Picasa. They
were simply taking up too much space on my web host.
Please use this link to see my list of photo albums.
Some
Useful links:
Information:
Met Office Volcano watch
World Time Clock
Exchange Rates
Journalism:
Nationsonline.org
Project Syndicate
Amnesty International
Reporters w/o borders
The Guardian - UK
BBC World News
CNN Asia
Bangkok Post
Daylife.com - news
Gulf News
Arabian Business
Good causes:
Sister
Joan - Bangkok
Regional Info:
BKK Magazine
HK Magazine
In
Singapore Magazine
TimeOut Dubai
Travel:
Circle of Asia
Tales of Asia
Smart Travel Asia
Finance:
FinanceAsia
Aviation:
Amadeus (airline
schedules)
Airliners
- aviation forum
Thailand Info
thailand.com
learningthai.com
sawadee.com
bangkok a-z
Back in the UK:
Newton Ferrers
Government:
The
"new" White House
Photography
Denis Olivier - black and white
And for fun:
Lin Ping live panda tv
EarthCam
The opinions expressed on these pages are entirely personal unless they are credited; you may not agree with all, or anything, that I write. So please use the feedback page to respond, comment or berate me.
In the last 50 or so years there have been many events that have shaped or changed our world or which profoundly reflect the changes that have taken place in or society in a remarkable short period of time.
In the following pages I will record my own personal selection of some of those events; drawing on a range of sources, all of which will be credited, referenced and linked to this site.
1. 1963 - The Profumo Affair
Sex, politics, the cold war, the new mass media and the swinging 60s in London!
2. The Atomic Bomb and the end of World War 2
Unimaginable horror. Was it necessary?
Bold visions; an American royal family; a private life that would never have survived current media scrutiny; and a life cruelly taken.
As a kid growing up in England I always wondered what would happen when Hong Kong was returned to China. And I was there. And all I really remember was how wet it was; and how moved Chris Patten was when the HK Philharmonic played Elgar's Nimrod Overture.
5. D Day - Sixty Years On
The 60th anniversary of the D Day landings in on 6 June. Never forget.
To come:
Cuban MIssile Crisis
The lunar landing
War in Vietnam
Tianenmen Square
Watergate
The Beatles
AIDS/HIV
Environmentalism