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Dermot's Travel Diary Argentina & Chile- The Big Eat It's hot here in Santiago. Really hot. It is physically draining to walk down the street. The sun beats down with an intensity I've never encountered before. The Bridge at Remagen Eva Bell Cruising down the Rhine from Bonn to Koblenz on a lazy afternoon, the twin towers of Remagen bridge rose like black ghosts through the treetops on the west bank, making me sit up with a start. Remembering Hotels, Good and Bad Walli F. Leff Once I had an exceptional experience in a hotel: I slept on an absolutely perfect mattress. I know that now you expect me to tell you where that mattress was. I would if I could, but, for the life of me, I just can’t remember.

Charles Robert Watts 1941 - 2021 James Campion 8.27.21 Watts did things in the Stones so miraculous that it was mostly overlooked for nearly six decades. Not overlooked as much as ignored. Afghanistan - The Big Fail James Campion 8.20.21 The entire farce of the War on Terror – a never-ending money pit of violence, lies – was set up for bad endings.

Happiness Manifesto Julia Reynolds Today I spent a sunny morning ... picking flowers from the garden, then walking down to Parangha Beach, Mykonos, Greece for a chilly swim ... Anomaly Anomaly Jones It must have been him. He’s the reason I sit here now, dazed and a bit confused. Politicians Lies, Truth and Opinions James Morford Must politicians lie? Niccolo Machiavelli thought if politicians did not lie they would surely fail because lying was fundamental to politics. Not to lie ignored reality

FICTION

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REVIEWS Film & Books

Life After Death Emma Callan I was thirty four years old when I died. I’d never thought about dying before Confessions of a New York City Street Peddler Dr. Howard Karlitz It's February, 1980, and David Gordon is standing in front of a class of delinquent kids in a South Brooklyn juvenile detention center trying to teach reading a short story called 'Young Pablo Picasso'... The Lottery Ticket Martin Green It began as a simple scheme by two clerks who worked in the State Lottery Oversight Bureau (SLOB).

Celeste’s Last Breath Sam Hawksmoor an extract from Mission Longshot "Storms coming", a local fishermen had told her. “You need to get inland pretty damn quick, kid. Real big storm, you’ll see.”

The Magus by John Fowles Eric Lehman reflects

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