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…of a town or city can be such a good way to understand the history of a place. As a child I found it most instructive in Rome to trace and walk alongside not one set of Roman walls but two … Continue reading
Perhaps one of the most famous of the pueblos blancos or ‘white villages’ of Andalucia, Arcos sits atop its escarpment above the Rio Guadelete about 20 kilometers east of Jerez de la Frontera. Well worth a visit, we paid one … Continue reading
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No, not financial corruption, nor even off-shore tax havens, but a post about an increasing feature on some of central London’s main thoroughfares. The rather grand buildings, usually formerly banking houses, or the prestige branches of banks, which are now … Continue reading
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The town of Grazalema, highest pueblo blanco in the Sierra de Grazalema, sits in a natural bowl of land, one of the ‘hanging valleys’ found in the high sierras, beneath the Penon Grande and El Endrinal, with the peak of … Continue reading
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Not Kafka but Kings Cross. The Kings Cross St Pancras part of North London has become synonymous with redevelopment in recent years. St Pancras is now the international station for Eurostar and the whole complex has been restructured to include … Continue reading
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