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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 Entranced In Morocco Steinbeck, Scuppers and trains Death Notices Three Haiku (Written in Kyoto, Japan) What Have We? OTRA VIDA (Note To Self) Stream of Consciousness: Zanzibar 22 July 1998 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"

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Primo Levi

“If this is a man…”

Homage to Primo Levi in Girona

Conversus interruptus