Kidderminster Arts Festival

Nigel Andrews, BBC Freetannian Correspondent, reporting to you live from Kidderminster.

Now this is the way to run an arts festival, in my impartial opinion! Comic Character Creations, entertainers to HM The King of Freetannia - take note! The relocation ceremony in Milton Keynes awaits... London 2012 should also have a quiet look!

Three local groups of Freetannia ventured to the Kidderminster Arts Festival yesterday, having been invited to share their artistic skills with the local residents.

Flashing
The Hairy Flashers' skillshare was very successful, not least in that it managed to open up lines of communication between residents, shopping centre managers and police. Good to see Freetannians doing their bit for community relations.

All demographics were duly flashed and strong reactions noted.

It has also attracted the attention of some bloggers.

The World Record Attempt at Apathy
A complete success, in that absolutely NO-ONE bothered to join in. Most people didn't even bother to watch which was a very good result. In fact, the Freetannian Society of Apathetics gave up fairly quickly as they couldn't be bothered either. In fact only two of them bothered to turn up in the first place.

Begging for the Rich
This raised a grand total of £3.37 for the Rich Beggars of Freetannia, and with the Freetannian currency being so strong at the moment equates to approximately ten million Freetannian pounds. More than enough to have the yacht varnished.

This is Nigel Andrews, hoping for a posting to anywhere but Freetannia.

Trafalgar Square

Greetings from The Freetannian Chapter of the Rambling Association! No 'right to roam' issues in this country, thanks to King Dickie.

We set forth for Cambridge last week, charged with the task of mapping the University of Cambridge (and all the real pubs!) as a template for the new University of Freetannia, once we have relocated to Milton Keynes.

Unfortunately we took a wrong turn (the map had a hole in it!) and ended up in Trafalgar Square! There seemed to be some sort of festival on but we ignored it.

Keen to make the best of a bad situation we decided to map the square so we can better it in Freetannia, complete with Dickie's Column!

Below are Susan and Colin half way to the summit! Norris is behind the lens. Not sure where Barbara, Caroline and Keith are... Oops!

Winchester Continental Shifts

Hallo. This is Nigel Andrews, the BBC's Freetannian correspondent, reporting to you live from Winchester.


It's been a long day!

I have been sent to report on the Continental Shifts event in Winchester as King Richard likes to keep abreast of world cultural events.

Queen Daphne has been declared Freetannian Minister of Culture and is now charged with organising the relocation celebrations in Milton Keynes this October. Some of these acts might be suitable ma'am.









The locals in Winchester certainly seemed impressed!



Queen Daphne has granted the Royal warrant for entertainment provision to Comic Character Creations, who have now been charged with organising the event. Queen Daphne has told the company that what's good enough for Winchester can easily be bettered by Freetannia.

So this is Nigel Andrews signing off from Winchester.

Stoke Pride

Dickie, our illustrious leader, sent us as Freetannian cultural attachés to Stoke Pride earlier this month to see if Freetannian morale would benefit from a similar event.

It was uplifting to see so many residents of Stoke, a rainbow community, proclaiming their pride for Stoke.

We hope to have a similar event - Freetannia Pride - in Milton Keynes when we relocate there in mid-October, as we are VERY proud of Freetannia. Anything Stoke can do... And we will be more appropriately attired!

Signing off for now.

Mary, Mary and Mary


Mary and Mary proudly partaking in a Stoke scone.


Mary and Mary showcasing the fencing the Stoke residents are so rightly proud of.


Mary and Mary view the stonewalling skills of Stoke.

Freetannia. Sovereign State of.

Good day all. Dickie Frobisher here. Colonel, retired.

Recently set up my own country with my wife Daphne, as we'd gotten a bit fed up with all the nonsense going on in Britain. Doing stuff the right way now, our way. 'Course we're not the only ones; we've got a bit of support from a chap from the BBC who does the occasional report from Freetannia. That's what we call the country - Freetannia. Micronations, I think some people call them. Bit like 'Passport to Pimlico', 'Sealand', that sort of thing.


That's me, His Freetannic Majesty, on the right,Queen Daffers in the middle and the man from the Beeb broadcasting live from Freeannia. We must be legit if the Beeb sent a correspondent!

Anyhow, thing is I was trying to drum up a bit of support and thought it'd be a good idea to establish relations with other places. Nations can be a bit sniffy about that sort of thing so I thought I'd go a bit more local and do it town by town - person by person if necessary. But, to come to the point, Milton Keynes seems like a go-ahead, sensible sort of place and so I thought I'd place a little ad by way of opening formal communications.

Popped in a little video link to our national dance as a sort of cultural exchange thingy.


Neighbours! Good reason to start your own country!

Cheers.

D