Ten Things I Didn’t Know About Portugal

Posted on 27/03/2015 by carolinemmurray

In my previous existence (so long ago – i.e. a week – that it all seems like a dream), I mentioned a distinct lack of knowledge of Portugal, Britain’s oldest ally. Thanks to David Birmingham’s Concise History of Portugal, I am getting better informed. Among much other stuff: Continue reading →

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Treasured Possessions

Posted on 25/03/2015 by carolinemmurray

I try to avoid exiting through the gift shop at museums and galleries, because I have this awful urge to buy everything in sight (well, almost everything: I’m rather past pencils and fridge magnets), and my house is cluttered enough already – though I would argue that more than 50% of that is NOT MY FAULT. I usually end up with postcards that I can’t bear to send (or occasionally a tea towel which I can’t bear to sully with use). Continue reading →

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La Vita Nuova

Posted on 18/03/2015 by carolinemmurray

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. This is a actually a silly statement, for two reasons: (1) every day is the first day of the rest of one’s life; (2) the first day of the rest of my life was in fact 21 March, but I am still clinging to la vita passata, in which notionally (ho ho) one did not work at weekends. Continue reading →

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