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Postcard from Lille, Part 42

7th December 2019 Always Worth Saying 2446 Comments

They say that Mrs Crow is the most intelligent of birds but on account of God and nature pre-determining the size of her brood, she is unable to count or comprehend beyond the quantity of [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 41

30th November 2019 Always Worth Saying 2725 Comments

There’s a very good story about Alan Hansen, who played for football Liverpool and Scotland in the days when Liverpool were winning European competitions (some things never change) and Scotland were qualifying for World Cup [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 40

23rd November 2019 Always Worth Saying 2770 Comments

Later on, I was sent to International Business School to brush up, get myself up to date, match my experiences to theory and get some of (what I now know to be) ‘competences and resources’ [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 39

16th November 2019 Always Worth Saying 2587 Comments

Five’s a funny number, especially on a train. We’re a party of two plus two plus one, with me being the one. I’m sat in the dark on my own for the trip through East [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 38

9th November 2019 Always Worth Saying 2368 Comments

If you’re ever in Atlanta, Georgia, may I recommend the Georgia State Capital Museum? During my time there, Atlanta was the second most violent place in the Union. The actual murder capital of America was, [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 37

2nd November 2019 Always Worth Saying 3269 Comments

‘There must be a better way to live than this’, I observe, ‘the squabbling, the pettiness, the violence. Why can’t we all just get on with each other and live in peace and harmony?’, I wonder [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 36

26th October 2019 Always Worth Saying 3359 Comments

By now, Princess Fahds was married and expecting. Expecting a bebe and expecting the love to follow the land, as the new one’s little feet approached the oil soaked, lifeless sand. Her own life was full of wonderful things. A wonderful [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 35

19th October 2019 Always Worth Saying 3885 Comments

They, dear reader, say that a humble author should read, read, read as well as write, write, write. In my defence, long-suffering aficionados of our never-ending quest for Lille will have noticed, to name but [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 34

12th October 2019 Always Worth Saying 2300 Comments

As if mountaineers roped together, we troop along Euston Road in a line, making our way from Euston Station to St Pancras International with our packs and cases. My now middle-aged self leads the way, ahead of [more…]

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