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Stones

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Lapidary (n) an artisan who forms stones, minerals or gemstones in decorative or commemorative items. So to the Musee Lapidaire, one of the seven sites included on the Pass Plein for Narbonne ( 15 euros per person ). Not, perhaps, … Continue reading

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Summer Reading in Autumn

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The Summer holidays are over and the new term has started, but, for the currently childless ones, this simply signals that it’s time to go on our holidays. So, from me, some suggested Autumn Reads. First, my own. I will … Continue reading

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Nothing to fear, but fear itself….

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‘Project Fear‘ A phrase used in the other referendum, the Scottish one to decide whether or not to leave the Union. This was coined by the ‘No’ campaigners to describe their own tactics. If folk recall, an unlikely alliance of … Continue reading

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Real to Reel…

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.. is the title of a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum charting the depiction of war on film and of film on our perception of war. I went to see it. It opens with ‘The Battle of the … Continue reading

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The Demagogue’s Handbook

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‘The British people have had enough of experts!‘ Thus spake Micheal Gove, lately of the Cabinet, now reviled as a ‘traitor’ against his fellow fabricator, our current Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson.  N.B. How is it that no mud sticks to … Continue reading