Towards the end of part 2 of Quixote, Sancho Panza is hailed by a German pilgrim who turns out to be Ricote, a Morisco from Sancho’s village. Ricote was driven out of Spain by religious persecution and has spent his exile in France, Italy, and Germany, near Augsburg, where
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There’s a rather silly suggestion here (via Onze Taal) to the effect that, with English reasonably close to becoming the only EU working language, it’s about time the UK started paying for everyone else to learn English. I find this a weak argument: with the French Eurocracy converted to the delights of English, it will [...]

Here’s a nice casual picture of my vocal whatever, Polifònica Industrial. (No, mum, the other bald guy is not related.) If the membership moderate their leisure pursuits over the next couple of months then we may get round to producing some proper PR materials to support our growing reputation and decaying repertoire. Our next public [...]