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House closed In a small world A bigger hassle Worshipping the gods of commerce Letter from a (political) cult refugee Translation of “There is only one race: the human race.” What British educators can learn from Spain (and other countries) To screen or not to screen? I don't think,...therefore I am Legislating liberties Poor doors When government is sport The best of times? Why go the public way? (Part one) Why go the public way? (Part two) Easy on the eye Hard to believe Where have all the sad and angry songs gone? Conversus interruptus Reaching out across the centuries (Shakespeare) Times in the balance "Cohencentric" [On the life and work of Leonard Cohen] Dangers of the sell-off The Trump show The words we use The quiet one Real red: Corbyn and Goytisolo Getting Orwell wrong Evolution's forgotten man God-bloggerer Why not Australia? 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The colours of corruption Land, bread and peace of mind Sahara sands and other's lands Blue Black Friday Germanwings, depression and blame TTIPing us over the edge Refugees in a strange land Badly chosen words Lessons from Paris Albania's pain "The role of culture in Europe’s crisis." (My translation.) Democracy and other duds Tragedy in Turkey A ray of hope for Europeans Nothing temporary about work Brexit blues 'Jokerman' (On Boris Johnson and Brexit) The Zanzibar Zone Steinbeck, Scuppers and trains Death Notices Three Haiku (Written in Kyoto, Japan) What Have We? OTRA VIDA (Note To Self) June Haiku Prose Poem 28 The Finding of History Happy The Only Way Is... Review of Nathan Shepherdson’s “Sweeping the Light Back Into the Mirror” Singular On Diagonal Avenue Becoming our father Outside Carnal mud Early doors day The colours of Asturias REPLANTEARSE EL HECHO DE SER PADRES - Del mi libro “El padre re-hecho.” ESPAÑA: ¿UN PARAÍSO PARA LOS PADRES? - Del mi libro “El padre re-hecho.” Brett Hetherington - Una Biografía Sant Juan: Una noche peligrosa Los colores de Asturias Mi Opinión del Referéndum de la Independencia de Cataluña Video: talking and listening on "Our Finest Hour" Interview on ExpatsBlog.com Book Reader Magazine interview "Fighting a battle that is far from lost" Interview with ABC Radio about proposals to change Spain's siesta and time zone Latest interview with ABC Radio in Australia Bullfighting in Spain: an interview with Australia's ABC Radio X-mas interview on ABC Radio Australia Latest interview for ABC Radio Yet another interview with Australian national radio The club that improves English (article in Catalan) Another interview for Australian radio Our (then) 8 year-old son Hugo interviewed for an Australian Sunday magazine An interview about Spain for Australian radio Video: interview with Nicole Millar Video: talking and listening on "Our Finest Hour" once more Video: Latest appearance on Catalan TV (English language) Interview with editor Berneta L Haynes Video: Latest appearance on a panel program Video: "TV talk: Trump, Catalan language and Leonard Cohen" Video: Four middle-aged men talk democracy and rights in Catalonia, Spain and Syria Podcast: Chatting with Jim Kent on Barcelona City FM radio Interview: "The most important of jobs" [Parenting] Video: I talk and listen about this week's national and international stories Barcelona terrorist attacks -- first interview with ABC Radio in Sydney Video: My latest interview with ABC TV (Australia) about the Barcelona terror attacks Q and A at Expatfocus.com VIDEO: Public reading of an excerpt from "Slow Travels in Unsung Spain" "Fears increase, virus surges in Spain" -- My latest interview with ABC Radio (Sydney) Video: Q & A on my book "The Remade Parent." 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Blurred lives

June Haiku

(Two) futures of publishing?

"Miguelín"

Steinbeck, Scuppers and trains

Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency

A Catalan eye

Modern Spain and Australia: a lecture at the Uni of Barcelona

Spain's "whistling island"

5 new "best of the web" links

Hey kids! Want to play "top yourself with a gun?"

"Berlusconi cabinet has an emergency holiday meeting"

Carnal mud

"Natsukashi"

The Inner Life of Animals

Happy

"The role of culture in Europe’s crisis." (My translation.)

Prose Poem 28

Picasso and the Nazi

“Angels” on the rise

Podcast of lecture at the Uni of Barcelona on "Modern Spain and Australia"

Eva's eye

New English language theatre in Barcelona

The quiet one

“Between the sky and the earth”

The great human paella

Germanwings, depression and blame

"Gay cure" author's books for sale in Spain

Down syndrome, Dawkins and doubt

Considerate words in black times

Poland's heroes and Spain's heroes

Figueres...but not as we know it