Next year’s twenty-first international Festival of Flamenco in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain runs from 24th February to 11th March 2017 ( see Festival de Jerez 2017 Plus ). The Programme of events can now be found on the Ayuntamiento … Continue reading
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In Jerez for one of the best weekends of the year, the last weekend before Christmas. The town is beautifully lit, as always, but with new colourful decorations. The traditional Andalucian carols which are usually played over the central sound … Continue reading
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I promised that I would not blog about the weather – climate change or spectacular climactic events, yes, ordinary weather, no ( see Storm Warning ). I am, however, thoroughly enjoying reading about the weather, or rather the impact it has … Continue reading
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…and straight on ’til morning. The National Theatre Christmas show this year is ‘Peter Pan‘. I went on Saturday to a completely full Olivier Theatre ( I sat separately from the rest of the party, so difficult was it to … Continue reading
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Any history lover, or lover of Dumas’ adventure stories, knows of the original eminence gris Francois Leclerc du Tremblay, the Capuchin right hand man of Cardinal Richelieu, called ‘Father Joseph’ in the Dumas novels. More recently the epithet has been … Continue reading →
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