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Postcard from Lille, Part 28

31st August 2019 Always Worth Saying 2154 Comments

At 5227 San Augustin Street, Makati City, after dark, there were no yellow ribbons for me nor a line of concerned people praying and clutching the rosary. A maid answers the door and looks surprised rather than [more…]

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Book Review: The Unseen Path by JD de Pavilly

28th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 5792 Comments

They say that Freddie Forsyth is happy to review any new written work. The caveat being that, if after half an hour he is bored or confused, the soft bits (that’s your or my great [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 27

24th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 2147 Comments

If we’re ever in the same place at the same time, I’m the quiet one standing in the corner, keeping his own council, people-watching, shy (or even just plain rude). I might be in my own little [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 26

17th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 2658 Comments

‘I hope that you’ve all studied logical positivism?’ Incarcerated in Paranaque Municipal Jail, part of Metro Manila’s southern urban sprawl, it is boily hot and dark. Thousands of pairs of pin prick brown eyes look at me [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 25

10th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 3178 Comments

Where should an escaped prisoner escape to? You can’t go to the obvious place as, if it’s obvious, that’s where they’ll be looking for you.  Some other places spring to mind, Paraguay, Switzerland? On receiving a letter [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 24

3rd August 2019 Always Worth Saying 2861 Comments

Maria Jessica Alfaro y Mincey graduated in Business Administration at the Philippine Christian University in Manila, having majored in Management. She was born on the 12 March 1964 and was therefore 27 years old on the night of the 29-30 June 1991, the [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 23

27th July 2019 Always Worth Saying 3185 Comments

I can’t understand why some people think that they have a right to a family. Children are a blessing and a lot of hard work. Old fools of my age are beginning to wonder about [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 22

13th July 2019 Always Worth Saying 2316 Comments

One of the better things that the ‘Anglo Philippine Friendship and Enterprise Company’ did was sponsor young people in their education and the earlier part of their careers. There’s a famous statistic that forty six world leaders were [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 21

6th July 2019 Always Worth Saying 2413 Comments

Fancy a game of golf? I’ll warn you in advance that I don’t. I started playing golf when I was about nine, but from that point forward got worse and worse and worse. I’m sure [more…]

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