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January 8, 2023 Life

The Bearable Lightness of Not Being

Loss and mourning bring meaning to life, allowing for a new appreciation of the things, and people, around you.

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October 30, 2022 Culture / Life / Travel

Sut Wyt Ti? Deciphering the Strange Language of Wales

Welsh is alive and thriving, while the native tongue of the Irish people is mostly unused and fast dying out — why the linguistic disparity?

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May 24, 2022 Life / Reportage

El Apartamento

Apartment living is supposed to be easy. But with truculent neighbours and incessant noise, it’s anything but.

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March 13, 2022 Life / Travel

The Best Little Shop in the World (Part III)

The good times have returned to a remote and spectacular part of Lanzarote as the pandemic finally burns out and fat foreigners arrive.

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January 1, 2022 Life / Travel

The Best Little Shop in the World (Part II)

Getting away from it all — yet again — amid the roar of family and the festive season.

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December 12, 2021 Life

A World of Freewheeling Work

The devastating pandemic has taught us many things, including that there’s more to life than being chained to an office desk.

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March 21, 2021 Commentary / Interview / Life

The Attention Epidemic

By William J. Furney The people at my gym can’t go without mental stimulation and rewards for a second, and their sweaty workouts — there’s no aircon, only a window

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