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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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This year’s winner of the Man Booker Prize is a startling and engrossing read. It’s astonishing that it’s George Saunders first novel. I haven’t read his short stories, though he was on my radar as a hugely skilled writer and … Continue reading
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It was tempting fate. Only two days after the most enormous storm, to go up into the mountains, to the rainiest place in Spain. It was twenty-three degrees when we set out from Jerez that morning. The sky was blue … Continue reading
I have written pieces on the Catalan situation before, but from my desk in London. From here in Spain it looks somewhat different. All my Spanish friends are unanimous in their support of the constitution (including some who live in … Continue reading
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First, watch this. I heard the first rumble of thunder at about eleven o’clock. I had been out with friends, sitting in an olive-tree-lined square where fountains played. The temperature was balmy, there was no indication of what was to … Continue reading →
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