Monthly Archives: July 2009

All the news that’s fit to print

The blonde in the green tee-shirt is Noemi Letizia. She’s the eighteen-year-old who calls Silvio Berlusconi Papi and can’t decide whether to cavort on a table in her underwear or represent Italy at the European parliament (and, let’s face it … Continue reading

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The poetry of the world

A great new review for The Scent of Cinnamon, from the Law Society Journal of Australia. You can read it here. Or, if the link doesn’t work and you have a magnifying glass to hand, here: Alternatively, you can click … Continue reading

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Happy with restraint

OK, you’ve crossed Iran and Jamaica (and Zimbabwe and Iraq and Nigeria and…) off your list of possible holiday venues. You’d better cross off Fort Worth, Texas, too… You don’t see why? Read this.

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