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Your blogger visited the Royal Academy last Friday, in order to catch The Age of Giorgione exhibition ( see Portrait of a Young Man, left ) before it ended, but was surprised to find herself in the middle of another event … Continue reading
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Vipassana, to see things as they really are, refers to a particular buddhist meditation system, a practice dear to my heart that I have often discussed before. Short and long-term volunteers keep dedicated meditation centres alive around the world. And … Continue reading
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If… you find yourself in Portugal or northern Spain over the next two weeks, you might run into Barbara Pidgeon, or at least walk alongside her and her son, Steve. Fresh from a successful series of breathing workshops in the … Continue reading
When I first attended the Chelsea Show, almost twenty-five years ago, the Grand Pavilion was just a large, very full, canvas pavilion which smelled when it rained. Today it’s a huge hall of displays, stalls and societies under a metal … Continue reading
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Modern democracy is at work in Europe, with major, potentially disastrous, consequences. In Britain the deadline for voting registration in the EU referendum was last midnight, when the registration site crashed under the weight of last-minute registrations. There are already … Continue reading →
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