My visit by https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss Where did you go? Why? What did you learn? en-us 2019-08-05 09:55:16 UTC 2024-12-02 02:06:09 UTC hello@padlet.com On 23 August 2019, I went to Jupiter Artland to identify a historical landmark that supports education. Not only the beauty of the place encouraged me to visit it, but also the history attracted me. The sculpture park sits in the grounds of Bonnington houses, a 19th-century country house, which located in the west of the city of Edinburgh. The garden is a registered charity that is subsidised by classes, workshops, events, ticket sales, and donations in order to support children education. It is open to general visits between May and September. From the experience, I learned how can beauty be an attractive tool for fundraising. In the future visit to the Jupiter Artland, I will focus on the people reactions and interaction with this place. iphilip https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss/wish/377026889 2019-08-26 08:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss/wish/377026889 iphilip https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss/wish/377027864 2019-08-26 08:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss/wish/377027864 We went to the Scottish Parliament, because we are interested in the Scottish referendum and devolution.We visited the chamber and exhibition, and we saw lots of pictures of international issues took by many photographers. In 1978, the Scotland Act requires at least 40% of Scotland’s electorate to vote for devolution in order for it to go ahead. The parliament host devolution referendum in 1979, when it comes to the question “Do you want the provisions of the Scotland Act 1978 to be put into effect?” ,the result shows 48.4% of people votes “No”, 51.6% of people votes “Yes”. Meanwhile, we learn the history about the referendum:2011 referendum on the voting system for UK parliament elections,2014 Scottish independence referendum , 2016 UK’s EU membership. The representation system of Scotland is different from UK: one is first-past-the-post representation and another is combining proportional representation and first-past-the-post representation. iphilip https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss/wish/377029067 2019-08-26 09:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss/wish/377029067 On 23 August 2019 I went to a talk show called Brexit: Pursued By A Bear. Matt Forde is an English comedian, impressionist, comedy writer, and radio presenter.The title of comedian Matt Forde’s show lets the audience know what they are getting into before Forde himself greets his audience, regretfully stating that“we meet in diabolical circumstances”.By an evening of meticulously curated impressions ranging from Boris Johnson to Rory Stewart, Brexit: Pursued By A Bear is an hour of thoroughly enjoyable satire that is equally scathing of all political parties.There are two point are quite interesting .Firstly, Admirably,Forde, as a british, does not shy away from outlining some of the more sublime points of the SNP’S drive for independence, a brave venture for an English comedian in the Scottish capital. as a foreigner, when they were laughing about this, I tend to be careful and sensitive ,yet I was surprised how much they enjoy self-deprecating.Shrewdly, he observes that they have been hankering for liberation under a range of radically different governments; from Blair to Brown to Cameron and through Brexit – a sort of “one size fits all” solution, “regardless of the ailment”. Really, the only criticism of this particular characterization would be his slightly off-pitch Scottish accent.Secondly，The main highlight of Forde’s show is his skit on Donald Trump and Boris Johnson’s burgeoning friendship. Forde goes on to question their first press conference together, which risks putting a spanner in the works, as undoubtedly the first question will be about Johnson’s previous comments about Trump being ‘’unfit’’ for presidency. Complete with a litany of Trump’s notorious finger-and-thumb circles, he gives ‘The Donald’ new life.overall , Amidst the laughs from the audience there is a sense of solidarity, as Forde makes Parliament his observational comedy. Matt Forde brings a fresh verve to a subject matter that many satirists feel has reached its cultural expiration date iphilip https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss/wish/377029583 2019-08-26 09:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/iphilip/b05ehss/wish/377029583