ABS Newsletter June 2019
ABS NEWSLETTERJune 2019
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EditorialDear Members and Friends of the ABS,
Let´s better change the subject and go for something completely different, e.g. our this year´s "ABS Polo PicNic". This event has developed such a popular tradition over the years. As you can see from the calendar picture above and last year´s portait on the right, our lady members in particular are taking great care of being well styled and dressed for the occasion, thus adding significantly to a really enjoyable and pleasant get together of like minded anglophiles. Do bring your family and friends, everybody is most welcome !
Yours, looking forward eagerly to meeting you there, Fred Fruth, Secretary General and Editor-in-Chief p.s. did you notice the red ´Mini´ in the background? It´s exactly sixty years since this british icon was launched, causing a tremendous shake up of a whole generation and our way of life in general for the decade, that is forever defined as the "swinging sixties". No car has ever encapsulated the spirit of an era as well as the Mini. It has been conceived as an affordable ´people´s car´, but it soon became fashionable for virtually everyone: Dukes, duchesses, movie stars, fashion photographers, racing drivers, as well as less exalted, ordinary mortals. The car spanned the convoluted social strata of the british and subsequently the international society.
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Forthcoming EventsWednesday, 29 May, 21:00hrs: Public Viewing UEFA European League Final "Chelsea - Arsenal", Cafe Ministerium, 1010 Vienna,. Details see invitation of 19 May. For ABS members and friends. Saturday, 01 June, 21:00hrs: Public Viewing Champions League Final "Liverpool - Tottenham", Cafe Ministerium, 1010 Vienna. Details see invitation of 21 May. For ABS members and friends. Mittwoch, 12.06., 18:30h, Tasting Event bei MEINL am Graben, Details und Einladung in Ausarbeitung. Sonntag, 16.06., ab ca. 13.00h: ABS Polo PicNic anlässlich Hauptevent des "Pol Roger Austria Polo Open" im Park von Schloss Ebreichsdorf. Details und Einladung in Vorbereitung. For ABS members and friends.
Preview for July - save the dates: Freitag, 05.07. 17:00h: Gemeinsamer Heurigenbesuch ABS/ABC beim Heurigen Wolff (ABS corporate member), 1190 Wien Monday, 22 July: Prince George Birthday Party. Einladung zu "Carpets and Collections of the Alpine Area"Peter Bichler vom House of Scotland (ABS Corporate Member) sendet uns diese ungewöhnliche, aber umso interessantere Einladung zu einer internationalen Konferenztour (in English), welche er im September 2019 für die Österr. Textilgesellschaft veranstaltet. Sie startet in München über Innsbruck, Brixen, Bruneck und Bozen nach Traunstein - in Schlösser, Klöster und Museen, die nicht alle der allgemeinen Öffentlichkeit zugänglich sind. Interessierte finden weitere Details auf der website www.icoc-alpinetour.org oder kontaktieren bichler.austria@pgv.at. "Brexitannica"
Sehr kurzfristig erreicht uns eine weitere interessante Einladung, diesmal zu einem Dokumentarfilm: Er präsentiert, gedreht 2017, ein komplexes Panorama von 50 Interviews mit "Leavers" und "Remainers", mit einfachen Leuten aus allen Gebieten des Königreichs. Der Film gibt viel Einsicht in deren Befinden und endet mit einer ernüchternden Analyse und einem zeitweise "uncomforable portrait of Britain today" laut Begleittext. Details dazu sowie alles Wissenswerte zur ethnocineca - International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, (23.-29.05.) in deren Rahmen der Film (Achtung - nur am 25.05.) präsentiert wird, sind auf www.ethnocineca.at/brexitannica/ zu erfahren.
... the last pageReturning from the public viewing at the famous Cafe Mysterium
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did I hear any opinions of ...´Brexit being the ultimate summit of political disaster and government inability´? So, how about the current situation in Austria? Dear oh dear, what a coincidence, but certainly not a new meaning for the term ´Austro-British´ ...
