Perhaps the first step if we want to support the Greek people, is to at least try to pay attention to what they are saying about their situation
Finding your feet in a new landscape
Maybe it’s when we’re prepared to wobble around precariously in unfamiliar terrain that new ways of approaching old problems emerge
Up close and personal
If we were face to face with the reality of the lives of the Greek people today, would we really think what is happening is OK?
Detroit state of mind
Perhaps one of the most important things about Charlie LeDuff’s book on the former boom town is how much he is changed by what he sees
What lies behind
How do we hold on to what is precious from the past while embracing the present, the future, even, no matter thorny and pain-filled it may seem?
Intellectual pursuit
Do places like Café Gijón in the 1930s, where intellectuals, writers and artists got together to talk, argue and debate exist any more? Did they ever – at least as I imagine them?
Will the revolution will be feminised?
Talking to Nieves and Maria in Cafe Molar, it struck me that something revolutionary could be happening, that Spain’s women could be both visible, and fully involved, in shaping the country’s history
A beggar at the table
It can make us uneasy when people come begging, but I also wonder if these days friends feel anything similar when I go to them because of my needs?
With a little help from my friends
So often what we experience falls short of the ideal, but maybe we need to be more accepting and learn to better navigate all the compromise and the contradictions
The process of recovery
After loss there is a need to retreat and reflect before deciding what path to take towards the future, but nothing in the culture of Westminster politics appear to allow for this
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