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Turn again, Dick Whittington

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London is a great place to live. I am always happy to return here after being away. Yet I grew up in a relatively rural environment. A village in fact. The sense of dislocation when one journeys from one to … Continue reading

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Rainy Season

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There are rain drops on my window panes and puddles in my garden. When I draw back the curtains in the morning I am greeted by a pendulous sky, not pearly opalescence, nor the thrumming, blue-black cloud of dramatic tempest-to-come, … Continue reading

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The Seeing City

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Cadiz is a seeing city, a place which looks. Its myriad miradors or watchtowers face the ocean and the Americas, but also the safe haven of the harbour in the Bay. There are the dominating twin towers of its cathedral, its … Continue reading

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Common Summer

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My part of south London is mid-way through a Summer programme of events, mostly happening on and around the Common. This includes paid for concerts and activities. These can be fun, but unfortunately, often require part of the Common to be … Continue reading

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Another public vote…..

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We need another public vote, in my view, on the terms of exit from the EU. Not because I want to set aside the result of the first one ( however wrong I think it is ), nor because I … Continue reading