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Solving Africa’s woes with a simple parlour game

Posted: January 2nd 2010 12:56. Last modified: January 2nd 2010 13:00

Desultory bar philosophising on the socio-economic function of Secret Santa.

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Categories: Chronic diseases, Heathen philosophers, Les bourgeois, Mankind, Remedies and medicines, The family, Writers on rural affairs

Francisco Camps vs Fèlix Millet in the media

Posted: October 5th 2009 13:13. Last modified: October 5th 2009 13:24

What do ghit ratios from La Vanguardia, El Periodico, El PaĂ­s, ADN, ABC, El Mundo, PĂşblico, and Levante tell us about their owners’ priorities?

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Categories: Empires, rulers and warfare, Les bourgeois, Monsters, The law court

Congolese children singing the anthem of Athletic

Posted: May 13th 2009 21:30. Last modified: May 13th 2009 21:33

Some corner of a foreign football pitch that is for ever Bilbao, and I hope they got fed afterwards:

The original strikes me as thoroughly Teutonic:

Let’s not kid ourselves any longer: everything interesting, from nachos to nationalism, was invented by the Germans. Fortunately they tend to be generous about using the proceeds to mitigate the resulting [...]

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Categories: Ball-playing, Les bourgeois, Music

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Barcelona

  • March 19 1840 Se coloca la primera piedra para formar la plaza del mercado de la BocarĂ­a en el terreno que fue iglesia de S. JosĂ©.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 19 de març de 1918 lectures, famĂ­lia
  • 19 de març de 1919 La meva germana Rosa m’escriu dient que han arribat les orenetes. Ara, al mas –penso– la simfonia primaveral deu Ă©sser completa: les granotes, els grills, el mussol que cova al teulat, a redĂłs de la xemeneia, el cucut, el xisclar voleiadĂ­s de les orenetes…

Catholic hagiography

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