Writing, Progress and Action in the Algarve
The Algarve is a wonderful mix of cultures; we are bound to pick up on extraordinary stories. I use a complete mixture of characters…
Europe writes itself. Again. And we are thrilled to have you here to read it.
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𝕷𝖔𝖚𝖊𝖘 𝕷𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖗’𝖘 𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖙.
From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive:They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;They are the books, the arts, the academes,That show, contain and nourish…
The F-Word
It just sounds ridiculous. It is a word that tries so hard to be sophisticated and fabulous, yet somehow ends up sounding completely absurd.…
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
This year’s winner will be announced by the Swedish Academy in less than two weeks from now…
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…
Listening to the World
'I suppose one talks to people who have a story to tell, who have an enthusiasm for life, for a cause, for a craft,…
The Oval Limerick
The courts have already stepped in, and the three media outlets illegally barred from the White House are back on the grounds. Score one…
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…
Rocket Science
What they neglected to mention was that when your plumbing breaks on Earth, you call a bloke named Max who arrives in a van…
The RWB Triad
Have you ever noticed which are the dominant colours used in the flags' creation? Looking at a grid of world flags, a vibrant sea…
Green Blood
The greenest blood was the kind that never felt the need to prove its colour…
Candide, ou l’Optimisme
The Age of Enlightenment’s French philosopher wrote this story to mock Leibnizian optimism, a popular philosophy at the time claiming that God created a…
My Pet, the Red Herring
Yet, despite the chaos, Herry became an indispensable part of our lives. He possessed an uncanny knack for appearing precisely when one wished to…
The Commonwealth of Letters
When viewed through the lens of literature, Europe ceases to be a patchwork of sovereign nations guarded by border checks and passport controls. Instead,…
The Ugly Catling
As they walked out into the chilly rain, snug in Clara’s warm pocket, Cattie smiled her stitched-scarlet smile. She had always known it, of…
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…
Vegan Popcorn for Dinner
The rain had been tapping against the single-glazed window of the flat since five o’clock, a steady, indifferent rhythm that matched the ticking of…
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The tension is personified by Statler and Waldorf, the two elderly cynics perched permanently in the box seats. They are the ultimate…
Books of Our Continent
From the quiet shelves of forty-four national archives and ancient university libraries to the cosy corners of independent bookstores and modest home…
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