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Tuning in to the reality of the Greek crisis

June 27, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Athens, Greece

Finding your feet in a new landscape

June 26, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Maybe it’s when we’re prepared to wobble around precariously in unfamiliar terrain that new ways of approaching old problems emerge

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Athens, Greece

Up close and personal

June 25, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Athens, Greece

Detroit state of mind

June 14, 2015 by Julie Tomlin 1 Comment

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

Filed Under: Books, Notes Tagged With: Detroit, USA

What lies behind

June 13, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: London

Intellectual pursuit

June 10, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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?

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Madrid, Spain

Will the revolution will be feminised?

May 30, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Books, Cafe culture Tagged With: Madrid, Spain

A beggar at the table

May 29, 2015 by Julie Tomlin 1 Comment

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?

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Madrid, Spain

With a little help from my friends

May 28, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Madrid, Spain

The process of recovery

May 23, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Books, Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: politics

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