Bravo Merlin. Drove him (her) today deep and high up into the Pyrennees. No trouble at all. Of course the speed would go down to 50 km/hour (30 mph) when …
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7 nov
Who would not think a supermarket is like a museum? They are my favourite museums, talking about it. The museums of everyday contemporary life. France was blissful, as we expected …
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Heavenly Intervention
Do we still need saints? We’ve seen so many statues of them lately and they look neglected. Their paint is chipped, they’re covered by dust and often their plaster arms …
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A day writing about factor investing. Too much of a good thing isn’t good. What does that say about too much of factor investing? Ah well, it provides the means …
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5 nov
I know the title of the book I am going to write! In search of austerity, travels through 12th century France and Spain. Thanks to Alex, editor of the FD …
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4 nov
Ended up in Montblanc. Not the French mountain, but a Spanish hilltop, very close to the Cistercian monastery of Poblet, that we visited. Claire took the 6.34 pm train from …
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Stayed 50 yards from the sea last night. But it felt farther. There was a road and a railroad in between us and La Mediterranee. This evening we are staying …
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Barcelona. A clear blue sky, a tempting sea at our disposal, the hibiscus (if it is hibiscus Julie says it ‘s bougainville), still flowering, 25 degrees in the morning. What …
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Drove back to Holland today. Had the plan to go and visit Fontevraud abbey on the way. The largest abbey of Europe, it advertises itself, but I mainly wanted to …
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27 oct
Read an article in The Economist about an atheist church in London. It seems to be hugely successful. The so called Sunday Assembly has grown in one year from 1 assembly …
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