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Colombia: Rum Country?

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsJune 21, 2015December 18, 2020
Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMay 28, 2015December 18, 2020

The Bitter Truth About Brie

No-one ever knocks on the door at night. In fact, no-one ever visits at night, but if they do, they’re announced by the doorman, portero in Colombia, whose job it is to formally announce all visitors, from the plumber to the priest. It’s a bit like the way young girls were announced at London debutante balls in […]

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Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsApril 28, 2015December 18, 2020

Thoughts on Freedom

About a month ago, a man died. He was 91-years-old, cheerily wrinkled. He had very nice teeth. And ever since he died, I’ve thought an awful lot about him. Which is weird because until the day he died, I hadn’t thought about him at all. The man was Lee Kuan Yew, the former Singapore leader. […]

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Books, books, all around… that none of us will read?

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsApril 17, 2015December 18, 2020

The Unbearable Art of Sameness

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMarch 27, 2015December 18, 2020

Clichés, Banality and Inferiority Complexes

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMarch 21, 2015December 18, 2020

Exploring The Elements

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMarch 8, 2015December 18, 2020
Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsJanuary 6, 2015December 22, 2020

Bogotá: Literary City?

New Year is a weird time, isn’t it? A forcible measure of happiness – whether you’re anxious about the next 12 months or saying a thankful goodbye to the old ones; whether you’re celebrating what you have achieved or are excited about what you will; whether you move lightly from one year to the next […]

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Face Off: Is it time to start imitating jaguars?

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsDecember 28, 2014December 18, 2020

Easy like a Bogotá Sunday?

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsDecember 6, 2014December 18, 2020

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