The bombing of Sant Felip Neri/San Felipe Neri

Barcelona often prefers myth to history. Someone once told me with tears in his eyes how, after Franco arrived in Barcelona, his grandfather had been dragged out of bed one morning and taken to the Plaça Sant Felip Neri. There, he and some others had been given guns and forced to shoot their neighbours. Why,…

Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water

Apparently I’ve been signed up for the local chess tournament for the next few Saturdays, otherwise this is where I’d really like to be on Saturday 15th: PHILADELPHIA, May 6 /PRNewswire/ — The Klingon Language Institute (KLI) invites Star Trek fans and anyone curious about Klingon language and culture to a small qep le’ (a…