29 March 2023
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Out of all the other countries in the world, apart from the ones that make up Great Britain, Spain is the one I have spent most time in. As an adult learner, I’ve picked up some of the language, some … Continue reading
23 June 2019
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If I’ve got it right, that means “I sang” in Spanish and that – singing in Spanish – is what I did this afternoon, playing bass with SoWotJazz at The Ferryboat, a lovely pub in Whitchurch on Thames. It was … Continue reading
20 March 2014
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One of the things I love about my job is the way it can draw on all sorts of random skills. Being a person who l0ves to learn things like a magpie loves to pick up shiny objects this means … Continue reading
18 September 2012
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Some foods are best enjoyed fresh, like sweetcorn; if recently picked (perhaps put the water on to boil before you go out harvesting?) it just needs a sprinkle of freshly ground salt and pepper and not even a knob of … Continue reading
13 July 2012
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If not champions, then at least los champiñóns! Today’s breakfast mission was to use up some of the last bits from last week’s veg box before the next one arrives later today. I started with the bag of mushrooms (probably chestnut … Continue reading
30 January 2012
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Following up Saturday’s monkfish fritters from Rick Stein’s Spain, I then made two further dishes from the book yesterday. First was Oviedo-style beef stew which, unlike most beef stews, uses white wine rather than red as the liquid addition. Skipping … Continue reading
13 March 2011
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My pet theory is that there is nothing magical about how babies pick up language. Stick me in Spain for two or three years with nothing to do except learn the language (not even looking after myself) and with every … Continue reading
6 April 2010
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I had a pleasant suprise on Saturday in the form of Paisajismo arriving through the post. Paisajismo is a magazine about landscape architecture and they found my pictures of Taxodium distichum via Flickr. You can find three of them (including … Continue reading
3 August 2009
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It was a Swedish programme I was watching last night rather than a Spanish one — the Swedish Wallander I mention last week — but the observation remains: there is a flaw with watching a subtitle movie. It was all … Continue reading
26 July 2009
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I have been thinking about my travels along the Camino de Santiago again over the last few days. Tonight our housegroup is leading the service at St Clements on the theme of journeys and one of my contributions will be … Continue reading