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There was a full moon in the night sky on Monday ( and it is still only just past its gibbous best ) but I have loaned my telescope in Jerez to friends who live in the campo and are, … Continue reading
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Regular readers of this blog may recall my mentioning the Vendimia in Jerez last Autumn and the early music concert which was part of the festivities. It took place in the 13th century Capilla de Santa Maria in the Alcazar … Continue reading
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The sun is shining in Jerez. Everyone tells me how much it has cooled down, but twenty-eight degrees celsius is hot enough for me. It was ten degrees higher and the heat is, apparently, set to return by the end … Continue reading
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I recently wrote an article about, amongst other things, ‘pathetic fallacy’, the term which describes how weather represents emotion or momentous events, in literature ( see Storm Warning ). Similar, but from a different angle, is T.S. Eliot’s ‘objective … Continue reading
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After countless months of campaigning, buckets of blather mixed liberally with vitriol, one awful murder and countless lies, the people have voted. And they have voted to leave the EU. Not, as one BBC commentator said this morning, ‘Overwhelmingly.’ It … Continue reading →
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