. Paris . Boulevard Voltaire .
I soak in the red plastic tables and white plastic chairs, under the ‘dining al fresco’ heaters. It feels cosier …
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. Paris . Brussels . Berlin . Athens .
With just a few weeks to go before an election and what could be the irreversible final step towards Brexit, …
A room of one’s own | or | Las Moscas
[Sound recording, as an extra treat… with a couple of sound ‘typos’, unedited out…] * Every time I go …
On art blockbusters, global cities & the impossibility of contemplation…
Spending this half term in London visiting art galleries with a child is a test of endurance. All the big …
What is the problem with mushrooms?
I read something Ayurveda-related, two years or so ago. It told me mushrooms were the wrong food to eat. Because …
Stupid Machines. Please
I do not want my machines to be intelligent. I want them to be brute servants of my needs I …
The Comfort of Digital Turtles
I am in pain Deep, relentless pain I feel it, it does not go away. It increases when I move …
Hombre o no…
Acabo de leer una historia corta de Milan Kundera en The book of Laughter and Forgetting. Se titula The Angels y …
How to break a woman
This essay denounces the ongoing challenges for women academics to progress into top leadership positions at classic academic institutions and …
The lovers, fight
I see the lovers fight. Honeymoon, perhaps, in this Paradise island. The weather is back where it should. Sun shining. …