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Previous Letters from Paris

From March to September 2008
2008-11-20 18:40:40

Letter from Paris-September 2008

"La rentrée”
2008-09-01 07:57:38

Letter from Paris-July/August 2008

Summer in the city
2008-07-26 11:47:33

Letter from Paris - June 2008

Education in France
2008-06-18 13:06:22

Letter from Paris - May 2008

May'68 - Forty years on
2008-05-28 11:23:01

Cranach the Elder

Paintings at the Royal Academy
2008-05-25 12:26:19

Eros and Psyche-Undressed

A spoken word performance
2008-05-10 06:50:10

Words

A poem
2008-04-17 18:09:10

Letter from Paris - April 2008

'Babylon' at the Louvre
2008-04-15 08:41:18

Special Correspondent

Latest dispatches
2008-04-12 23:24:51

Spring is March Wind

A poem for now
2008-04-07 21:31:59

TOTAL CONGESTION PLANS FOR LONDON

An exclusive report 1.04.08
2008-04-02 17:01:17

Letter from Paris-March 2008

News from the city
2008-03-09 11:07:16

Art from Russia

A picture from the exhibition
2008-01-24 20:57:11

The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer

Review of a one-woman show
2008-01-11 22:30:01

Exhibition Notes

From the National Gallery and the Royal Academy
2007-12-13 21:50:10

Dreams and Nightmares

Two exhibitions at the Tate
2007-11-01 20:37:00

Traditional Armenian Tales

Storytelling
2007-10-01 21:56:32

Skiing

Finding the right effort
2007-10-01 16:40:34

The Devil?

"Man is both angel and devil"
2007-10-01 15:49:58

The Burial at Thebes

A review of the play
2007-09-25 12:27:47

This is Joy, too

A poem
2007-09-23 22:47:00

The Initiation of the Priest

A poem
2007-09-23 10:33:24

I Have You in my Files

Observation
2007-09-21 11:03:44

Psychology

Relevant articles
2007-09-21 10:31:45

How We Are

Photographic show at Tate Britain
2007-06-24 21:03:21

Discipline

Some thoughts on the word
2007-06-23 23:00:20

Robin Hood

A magical production
2007-06-06 13:48:06

In-between

A poem
2007-06-01 08:02:27

The Two Cultures

A return to the debate between C.P. Snow and F.R. Leavis- are there two cultures, one scientific, one literary?
2007-05-30 16:08:29

Indigo-A Blue to Dye For

An exhibition in Plymouth
2007-05-04 13:31:24

White Blossom

Poems for Spring
2007-05-02 22:12:20

Some Thoughts on Violence

Some thoughts on Violence
2007-05-02 15:19:45

Joy comes in the morning

An evocative painting
2007-05-02 07:38:29

Theatre of Marionettes

Theatre of Marionettes at The Pit,Barbican. The story of simple Darrel.
2007-04-21 19:31:07

After Long Winter-Spring

Two poems from Poland and a painting
2007-04-20 17:12:13

Journey of the Magi

Thoughts on pilgrimage
2007-04-04 20:57:59

Alvar Aalto:

A view of Aalto Alvar's architecture and designs through the eyes of Japanese architect Shigeru Ban
2007-03-28 22:21:47

A New World

An exhibition of water colours made by John White on voyages to Virginia (now North Carolina) in the 1580's.
2007-03-21 17:48:25

St. James at Midday

A poem
2007-03-18 17:12:00

The Wintery Field

A poem
2007-03-16 21:40:12

The Annunciation

A poem written in response to Rogier van der Weyden's altarpiece
2007-03-16 15:16:55

In the kitchen at La Thebaudiere

A poem
2007-01-18 21:09:57

The Meeting

A poem
2007-01-06 09:31:47

Another Glimpse into the German Language

Key words having to do with Thinking
2006-12-20 11:23:54

In Gratitude

A photograph recalls an experience of decades ago
2006-12-19 21:41:07

The Three Hares

An ancient symbol
2006-12-18 18:46:12

Letters from Russia 1919

Letters from Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution
2006-12-15 18:33:02

To Paint the Picture of a Bird

A poem by Jaques Prevert
2006-12-13 13:09:39

Impressions of a Wedding

An Argentinian wedding
2006-12-07 08:16:48

Kathmandu 2006

Two poems
2006-11-30 15:54:46

Rodin

Review of the exhibition at the Royal Academy
2006-11-23 14:36:43

Song of the Unborn

Autumn poem
2006-11-19 19:21:04

African Poems

Poems written about the Hausa and the Bushmen
2006-11-17 13:18:39

The Irish Language

An account of the origins of the Irish language.
2006-11-15 16:30:02

CHOLA

Chola
2006-11-09 15:18:06

Tattooed Mountain Women

Review of a book based on field research in Daghestan investigating symbols found in tattos which appear in carpet and textile designs
2006-11-01 19:52:20

Successful Fraud

A childhood recollection of the feeling of not fitting in and of overcoming that fear.
2006-10-17 20:36:47

A Glimpse into the German Language

Exploration of the word "heim' in German and other words that have the same root.
2006-10-12 19:30:03

Language, Philology

Articles on Language and Philology and the difficulties of translation.
2006-10-12 19:17:27

Ireland in the 1950s. A memory from childhood.

A memory from childhood in Ireland in the 1950s
2006-10-09 13:47:25

Elsheimer

Elsheimer Exhibition at Dulwhich Picture Gallery
2006-10-09 11:05:44

Memoir by John McGahern

Growing up in rural Ireland
2006-09-26 18:47:05

Ethics and Conscience: A review of two novels

Review of two novels:The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander Mcall Smith and Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
2006-07-15 17:40:05