Tag: columbus
Barcelona
Jaume I of Aragó was one of Barcelona’s many notable figures. Descended from French and Byzantine nobility, his exotic origins were matched by an illustrious childhood spent in the thick of the Occitan struggles.
The thirteenth was the century in Europe that instigated the beginnings of a consolidation of power from which Jaume would personally profit …
Culture and Columbus in the Canaries
We took a short but very welcome trip to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the third week of November. Las Palmas is Spain’s seventh largest city and the administrative capital of the Canary Islands.
J and I stayed at the AC Hotel overlooking the Parque Santa Catalina and, further off toward the horizon, the busy …
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Malèna
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Italy, 2000 It’s tempting to think of Malèna as a shrink-wrapped, ultra-compact, bitesize companion piece to Tornatore’s meandering, elegiac ode to movies Cinema Paradiso. But while both pictures feature protagonists still …
- Originally published: 29 May 2007 in Film
Andalusia
Illuminated by the sunlight of southernmost Spain are the last traces of a great state whose grandeur and importance seem disproportionate to its lack of prominence in European history. Perhaps the footnote status …
- Originally published: 11 Apr 2008 in Europe
Leaving the UK
The things you own end up owning you – Tyler Durden, Fight Club Competition: where did we relocate to? Win a box of chocs When you’re upping sticks, there’s something unsettling about selling off …
- Originally published: 4 Jun 2008 in Relocation
Invasion postponed due to fog
With promises and great expectations of widespread sunshine, J and I headed off to the northern coast of France. A withering, cold fog had descended on the region and it was scarcely …
- Originally published: 9 Apr 2009 in Europe
Is this me?
People born under the year of the Goat/Sheep tend to take on the role of the “good Samaritan”. The Sheep is the most feminine sign of all of the Chinese animals. Usually …
- Originally published: 2 Dec 2005 in Editorial
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Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
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