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Some things 2017 is meant to be year of:
Year of the Rooster (China)
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (UN)
Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology (Visit Scotland)
UK-Indian Year of Culture (Government)
Year of Walking (Suffolk County Council)
Year of Risk (Geological Society of London)
Some rubbish predictions made for 2016:
Nikki, ‘psychic to the stars’: ‘Huge crash at Formula 1 race, killing many; Scottish riots; helicopter will crash into Empire State Building; earthquake in Denmark’.
Simon Reich, ‘the man who got almost everything right about the year before’: ‘Donald Trump will not be republican candidate, but yes, Hillary will be Democratic candidate — and will be elected president’.
Baba Vanga, blind Bulgarian billed as ‘Nostradamus of the Balkans’, who made her prediction before she died 20 years ago: ‘Europe will cease to exist by 2016 — will be empty spaces and wasteland’.
Did anyone get anything right? Da Juana Byrd, ‘psychic and medium’, said: ‘Unless something severe happens Donald Trump will be your new president.’ Best ignore the mudslides in Australia and uprising in Angola which she also predicted.
Some remarkably early last posting dates for Christmas by Royal Mail’s ‘International Economy’:
17 November Western Europe
3 November Cyprus, Iceland, Turkey
13 October Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, USA
29 September Far and Middle East
28 September Rest of the world
Because you read about christmas
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