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Dinner with H.E. Mariana Plaza: A Glimpse into Argentina–UK Bilateral Relations
London, UK (PinionNewswire) —
On Tuesday, 25 November, members of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council (CFCC) gathered in the Attlee Room at the House of Lords for a dinner with Her Excellency Mariana Plaza, Ambassador of Argentina to the United Kingdom. The Ambassador was warmly welcomed by Baroness Meyer, Chairman of the CFCC.
Her Excellency Mariana Plaza brings an extensive diplomatic career, having held senior roles including Chief of Cabinet for the Deputy Foreign Secretary and the Under-secretariat for International Economic Negotiations, with a particular focus on MERCOSUR. Her professional experience spans three continents, with postings to the Argentine Mission in Montevideo and the Embassy in Kenya. From 2019, she served as Head of the Political Section, and from 2020 as Deputy Head of Mission in London, before assuming her role as Argentine Ambassador in 2024.
Guests enjoyed dinner before Baroness Hooper welcomed attendees, the Ambassador, and her husband, Minister Gonzalo Ortiz de Zárate. Baroness Hooper provided a brief outline of the Ambassador’s career, describing her as “a breath of fresh air”.

In her address, Her Excellency spoke about the long-standing relationship between Argentina and the United Kingdom, highlighting historical connections through trade, immigration, culture, and education. She noted that 2024 marks 200 years since the first bilateral agreement between the two countries.
The Ambassador reflected on Argentina’s independence 216 years ago and the subsequent waves of immigration from across the United Kingdom. She referenced early Scottish settlers who arrived aboard the ship Symmetry, as well as Welsh communities who settled in Patagonia in the 1860s, where the Welsh language continues to be spoken today.
She also discussed Argentina’s economic development, particularly its role as a major food provider until the 1930s, and the contributions of UK immigrants to sectors such as banking, finance, communications, and shipping. Among these historical ties, she noted that Buenos Aires was once home to the only Harrods store outside London.
Addressing more recent history, Her Excellency acknowledged the South Atlantic conflict of the 1980s and noted that while diplomatic relations were re-established in the 1990s, both countries have maintained dialogue and communication despite differing national positions.
The Ambassador described Argentina as a unique country with so much potential. The eighth largest in the world, “it is going from strength to strength under President Javier Milei”. Change has come through Argentina’s young people. The President spoke to them and to many others, encouraging a new spirit, bringing about a changing attitude. The Ambassador mentioned the Ley Bases a bill passed in Congress described as a framework for the freedom of the Argentine people. She mentioned the three main pillars that the Ley Bases rests on, which are the deregulation of the state, promoting investments, and decreasing the weight of the state in the economy. Along with the Government’s policies, it helped to create a stable macroeconomic environment and rebuild Argentina’s credibility. The President continues to have massive support throughout the country.
Following the address, Baroness Hooper thanked the Ambassador for her work in keeping Argentina on the agenda of the UK Government and opened the floor for questions.
In closing, Her Excellency shared that among the values she would take back from the United Kingdom were its traditions, which she believes contribute to institutional stability and the strengthening of the rule of law.
Among those present were Ms Rebeca Riofrio, Dr Trevor Lee, Mrs Marilyn Clark, Mr Elvijs Plugis, Mr Graham Old, Ms Julia Kernick, Mrs Rosamund Blomfield-Smith, Ms Sue Whitting, Mr Lee Morton, Mr Chris Vary, Ms Belinda Donovan, Mrs Sarah O’Connell and Ms Anna Richmond, along with other guests.
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Photos by: Guy Lucas
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Thomas E Genders Introduces Connect The Dots, A Beginner’s Guide To Understanding The Bible’s Greatest Story On Website
New York City, New York (NY)‘Connect The Dots’, combined with a new Bible summary, was developed for seekers of faith, revealing how the narrative of Scripture weaves together God’s plan.
‘Connect The Dots’, combined with a new Bible summary, was developed for seekers of faith, revealing how the narrative of Scripture weaves together God’s plan.
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Developed by Thomas E. Genders, the previously featured author of “From A Doubting Thomas to Daily Grace”, ‘Connect the Dots’ and ‘Navigating The 66’ guide readers through the redemptive arc that extends from Genesis through Revelation. This simple-to-follow course was created for people who want to gain a broader understanding of Scripture, recognizing how individual biblical events, themes, and books connect to the bigger picture.

Before attempting to embark on an extensive theological study or spend countless hours working through detailed commentaries, this study guide and book, together, reveal the sixty-six books of the Christian Bible in seven consistent, logical, and thematic epochs for new believers to easily digest. By focusing on the redemptive thread throughout the Bible, Connect the Dots offers readers a structured path through God’s story in a format designed to be easily understood by new and non-believers alike.
The guide is designed to provide church leaders a unique, structured study that encourages discussion and further engagement with Scripture. The seven-week format provides a clear framework that groups can follow together.
Readers have described the approach as one that can transform Scripture study from a confusing task into an engaging and eye-opening journey. By presenting the Bible through a clear thematic structure, participants move beyond isolated passages and develop a stronger understanding of how the books of Scripture connect.
Navigating The 66 and Connect the Dots make biblical study approachable for anyone wanting greater clarity without becoming overwhelmed early on in their walk by the sheer scale and complexity of the Bible.
Thomas Genders is an independent author, songwriter, and retired technical professional with an extensive background in higher education and enterprise infrastructure. Drawing on a lifelong dedication to deep study, clear thinking, and creative expression, he ventured into writing original music and thoughtfully crafted manuscripts. Thomas currently focuses on works that inspire faith, reflection, and spiritual growth.
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The Town That Forgot Dry Ground Examines the Hidden Costs of Coping Through A Psychologist’s Lens
New York City, NYW. Michael Rogers combines a flooded-town allegory, social research, and practical tools to explore the relationship between adaptation and agency.
W. Michael Rogers combines a flooded-town allegory, social research, and practical tools to explore the relationship between adaptation and agency.
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Building walkways keeps a town functioning as floodwater inches higher, but its residents’ ingenuity also helps them avoid asking why the water keeps rising. That tension anchors The Town That Forgot Dry Ground: How We Get Used to Things Falling Apart by psychologist W. Michael Rogers, PsyD. The book examines a dilemma that reaches beyond its fictional town: coping with worsening conditions can make the need for change harder to recognize.

Rogers wrote the book in response to a question he frequently hears from clients about how they reached their present circumstances. Their worries include rising costs, war, and rapid technological change, compounded by uncertainty about the future and how much influence they have. Those conversations prompted him to investigate the process by which troubling circumstances come to feel ordinary.
Combining allegory with psychological and sociological principles, the book considers adaptation at the scale of a person, a family, an organization, or a society. Rogers examines how everyday decisions interact with explanations, group signals, and things left unsaid. Together, these can allow a temporary exception to become an enduring norm. The subject is not a forecast of disaster, but the less conspicuous process of getting accustomed to what once seemed unacceptable.
The CRUMBLE and GROUND frameworks provide language for identifying that process and recovering direction. An accompanying Field Guide turns the discussion toward readers’ circumstances, with questions about changes they have experienced and problems their coping strategies may have hidden. These practical elements extend the book beyond the town’s story into an examination of relationships, workplaces, and communities.
For readers unsettled by rapid change, Rogers places particular emphasis on agency. He distinguishes an inability to control larger events from the possibility of questioning or influencing specific conditions. His message does not dismiss adaptation: he regards it as both necessary and valuable. The book instead asks readers to examine when a useful adjustment begins to sustain a situation that deserves scrutiny.
“My hope is to help readers notice sooner, consider change more deliberately, and recognize the choices still available to them.”
— W. Michael Rogers, PsyD
W. Michael Rogers, PsyD, is a psychologist and the author of The Town That Forgot Dry Ground: How We Get Used to Things Falling Apart.
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Michael Camelio Makes the Case for Caring in the Bold Act of Giving a F#ck
New York City, NYTen arguments give way to fiction in a book shaped by grief, love, and the refusal to become indifferent.
Ten arguments give way to fiction in a book shaped by grief, love, and the refusal to become indifferent.
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Michael Camelio’s THE BOLD ACT OF GIVING A F#CK: A Not-So-Subtle Answer to a Book That Told Us Not to Care pairs ten arguments for caring deeply with an unexpected turn: its second half becomes fiction. Beginning as a response to the philosophy Camelio challenges in Mark Manson’s work, the book makes a case for empathy, commitment, and compassion through both argument and storytelling.

Part One defends trying, loving fully, and participating wholeheartedly in one’s own life. Part Two carries those concerns into a story, a deliberate change of form that Camelio intends to let readers experience the stakes of love, loyalty, and empathy rather than simply consider his reasoning. That combination places a fictional narrative alongside the book’s self-help arguments, making its change of form central to how Camelio wants to convey his message.
The personal passages draw on grief, especially the loss of Camelio’s dogs, Romeo and Juliet. For him, those relationships demonstrated a love that does not calculate whether caring is worth the risk. His argument acknowledges that attachment can bring pain without accepting that pain makes attachment a mistake. The book’s defense of vulnerability is grounded in that distinction, not in a promise that caring will spare anyone from loss.
Camelio hopes to reach people who have been told they care too much, particularly those facing heartbreak, loneliness, or bereavement and questioning whether emotional distance is their only protection. He wants readers to resist allowing painful experiences to extinguish their capacity to love.
The confrontational title signals a disagreement with advice to care less, but Camelio describes the book as the opposite of cynicism. Its profanity is not intended simply to shock. Beneath that language is a defense of remaining compassionate when becoming numb might seem easier, and a request to consider what the book stands for beyond its rebuttal of another philosophy.
“I decided to write this book because I became increasingly disturbed by a culture that treats detachment as wisdom and caring less as strength.” — Michael Camelio
Michael Camelio developed THE BOLD ACT OF GIVING A F#ck over two years as an initially philosophical response became more personal. As Camelio was finishing the manuscript’s final edits, his dog passed away. He wrote a poem while moving through that grief, and the despair is unmistakable on the page. Its imagery is so raw and vivid that it unfolds in the reader’s mind like a movie. The poem is gut-wrenching, yet truly remarkable and worth reading.
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