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Drunk and disorderly

Posted: April 6th 2009 17:02. Last modified: April 7th 2009 19:40

A British soldier’s hazy recollections of civil war in Portugal.

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Categories: Drink, Empires, rulers and warfare, Food, Liberals & locals, War

Spanish airport traffic trends

Posted: March 20th 2009 19:40. Last modified: May 6th 2009 09:26

Variation in air traffic numbers throws interesting light on Spain’s problems as it plunges into recession.

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Categories: Empires, rulers and warfare, Les bourgeois, Vehicles

They didn’t get the brand consultants in on this one

Posted: March 4th 2009 17:54. Last modified: March 4th 2009 17:56

FollowTheBaldie’s services have been requested further west, so a little investigation is in order.

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Categories: Fields, landmarks, land measures, Les bourgeois, Vehicles

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  • March 22 1460 El príncipe de Viana alcanza por primera vez el perdon de su padre, y se viene de Mallorca á Barcelona.
  • March 22 1848 

    En obsequio del beato José Oriol, cuyo fiesta se celebra mañana en la parroquia de Ntra. Sra. del Pino, se cantan en la misma iglesia solemnes maitines á las 4 y media de la tarde de hoy.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 22 de març de 1919 Alta cultura. Les coses, és clar, haurien pogut ésser diferents… En acabar el batxillerat, la meva intenció no fou pas d’estudiar per advocat. M’hauria agradat més d’estudiar química, i per tal de servir el que jo creia que era la meva vocació, vaig matricular-me al preparatori de Ciències. Matricular-se! Prenguin nota de la parauleta! El [...]

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