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Postcard from Lille, Part 16

25th May 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

I’m thoroughly enjoying life in Davao City  on one of the Southernmost islands of the Philippine archipelago, Mindanao. It is election time and our candidates are (General) Fidel Ramos for president and Rodrigo Duterte for [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 15

11th May 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

As with America, I went back and forward, back and forward to the Philippine Islands for about five years, but will tell the tale as one continuous story, in situ over there, perhaps including an [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 14

4th May 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

“Ladies and gentlemen this is your captain speaking we are just commencing our approach into Kai Tak international airport in Hong Kong, the weather is fine, during the approach we’ll have Kowloon City on the [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 13

27th April 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

Over chai in the subcontinent, balut in the tropics or roast swan in an Oxbridge refectory the topic of conversation might turn to ‘given the chance, would you kill baby Hitler?’ In Latin this would [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 12

20th April 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

I had an uncle who was an excellent chap from a very proud, hardworking but rather modest background. He’s the one who was on the railway (a reserved profession) during the war but managed to [more…]

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