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Books are precious things and, as regular readers will know, The Story Bazaar loves a library, real or fictional. In The Name of the Rose, a forgotten volume of Aristotle’s Poetics was hidden in a labyrinthine library and its secrets … Continue reading
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In celebration of fifty years of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality Tate Britain’s exhibition looks at ‘Queer’ British art from 1861 to 1967. We went along last Friday. I wondered just what form the exhibition would take, would it be … Continue reading
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I turned up in the Spanish Pyrenees for five days trekking in the beautiful mountains. A leisurely 84.2km (to be precise). Perfect for my ‘novice trekking’ friend who had suggested the adventure. Zaher and I met in Barcelona and took … Continue reading
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It’s Autumn and there’s lots of fruitfulness going on. Keats and the Romantics pretty much cornered the market on autumnal descriptions, so you will find none here. Autumn also features in so many books as a melancholic background, symbol of … Continue reading
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La Vuelta de Espana 2017 is over. That’s the last of this year’s three-week cycling grand tours. Won by Chris Froome, a Briton out of Africa, in a remarkable double. He also won the Tour de France this year. Winning … Continue reading
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