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Sátiras, Amor y Gatos Negros
¿Tienes planes para el próximo viernes? Yo tengo muy claro dónde me gustaría estar. Sátiras, amor y gatos negrosUna combinación que evoca…
The Great Debate
Both the orchard apple and the festive mince pie offer their own compelling answers, each with its own kind of perfect, incomplete…
Blue Blood, Black Ink
Well before body art was embraced by counterculture and rock stars, it was coveted as a deeply private and exclusive souvenir among…
In the Beginning Was the Word
Three openings, three voices, three very different kinds of invitation. And perhaps that is what the best first lines have in common:…
Human Farm
Power does not vanish when tyrants are overthrown; it merely waits for a new caretaker to wear the old master’s shoes…
Cat on the Record: Childhood Imagination in Stenhouse’s Hidden Corners
‘I would not change it. Not because every part of it was perfect, because it was not. I would not change it…
In Search of Europe’s Shaka
When asking whether Europe possesses a hero of such capability, the first step is to define which dimension of Shaka’s greatness is…
Chasing Atlantis in Europe
While many scholars view the account as an allegory about the decay of empires, explorers and historians continue to search for traces…
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In the Beginning Was the Word
Three openings, three voices, three very different kinds of invitation. And perhaps that is what the best first lines have in common: they do not simply open a book. They open a door…
Will The Earth Have the Final Word?
One day, there will be no political victory worth celebrating, no fortune left to spend and no medal shining brightly enough to distract us from the truth. The Earth will have the final…
The Lost Crimson Heart
One second, it was anchored by a fine black thread wrapped twice around her wrist, and the next, it was adrift, caught in an updraft and carried along the rough concrete wall. Geum…
The Scallop Shell and the Lapis Lazuli
In truth, there was no grand sea foam or divine zephyr carrying a goddess ashore. There was only Simonetta, his married neighbour, shivering in her shift while two apprentices blew dried rose petals…
Prelude
The poem was written on a sheet of cream lay-laid paper he had taken from his study two days ago. He had used an old Parker fountain pen with blue-black ink that took…
Before I Knew Who I Was
I picked up Oliver’s forgotten graphite pencil from the floor. Holding it against the blank space above my collar, I did not draw eyes to see with or a mouth to speak. Instead,…
A Final Brushstroke
Pablo Picasso’s final year proved that for him, art was not merely a medium of expression, but the literal engine of his survival: a final, defiant assertion of life against death…
Two Rococo Couplets
Queen Marie Antoinette, who regularly sat for Vigée Le Brun, popularised the kind of simple, white muslin dress so beautifully painted in this portrait of the Comtesse de la Châtre, daughter of a…
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Sátiras, Amor y Gatos Negros
¿Tienes planes para el próximo viernes? Yo tengo muy claro dónde me gustaría estar. Sátiras, amor y gatos negrosUna combinación que evoca un imaginario…
The Great Debate
Both the orchard apple and the festive mince pie offer their own compelling answers, each with its own kind of perfect, incomplete charm…
Blue Blood, Black Ink
Well before body art was embraced by counterculture and rock stars, it was coveted as a deeply private and exclusive souvenir among the highest…
Will The Earth Have the Final Word?
One day, there will be no political victory worth celebrating, no fortune left to spend and no medal shining brightly enough to distract us…
In the Beginning Was the Word
Three openings, three voices, three very different kinds of invitation. And perhaps that is what the best first lines have in common: they do…
Human Farm
Power does not vanish when tyrants are overthrown; it merely waits for a new caretaker to wear the old master’s shoes…
Cat on the Record: Childhood Imagination in Stenhouse’s Hidden Corners
‘I would not change it. Not because every part of it was perfect, because it was not. I would not change it because it…
The Sad Sound of Silence
The media rightly describes itself as the watchdog of democracy. But a watchdog that only barks at the issues that dominate the news cycle…
In Search of Europe’s Shaka
When asking whether Europe possesses a hero of such capability, the first step is to define which dimension of Shaka’s greatness is being measured.…
Between Borders, Pens and Brushstrokes
I began to understand that life deals us unfair situations that can either break us or make us a better person. It made me…
Simply Fans
As the next reader stepped forward with a stack of three hardbacks, the writer realised then that though writing was a solitary endeavour spent…
‘Characters Can Survive Without Dinner, But I Can’t’
I write almost every day. I’m a pantser, so I usually write an entire chapter without overthinking where the story is going. I might…
Chasing Atlantis in Europe
While many scholars view the account as an allegory about the decay of empires, explorers and historians continue to search for traces of this…
What’s in a Name?
For Hitler Mussolini Simeón, the next test will not be his name. In Queropalca, voters seemed largely unfazed by the global headlines. For them,…
Queen Catalina’s Six Aragonese Aunts
Leading the charge was Aunt Doña Inés, a woman whose glare could sour fresh milk at fifty paces. Behind her came Doña Beatriz, Doña…
IncrediEurope
‘Have you heard that somewhere near the North Pole there is a town where it is illegal to die?’ I was asked this question…
Anne Carson IS Already European
Born in Toronto, Anne Carson has a deep and long-standing relationship with Europe, having both lived in and frequently visited several countries for academic…
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