Most of the people I know regard themselves as left-wing, so I’ve heard this form of apocalyptic xenophobia more from guys with curious haircuts than from guys who have dispensed with the razor guard altogether. Mein Kampf etc are familiar but I don’t really know the “left” national-socialist equivalents. Here, however, is the Stalinist machine…
And why not? The taxi has far, far greater claims than beautiful but culturally insignificant places like Úbeda. But would drivers stump up the bribes required by UNESCO officials?
I am told that La Vanguardia’s emblematic but problematic Londoner hasn’t contributed anything for a year. Characteristically, his most recent filing, from November 2011, is a reworking of a news story about the Redruth Close Hill estate curfew, which appeared briefly in the British press in 2008. Not much value for money when reporters start…
