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Crumbs of comfort
Woytek takes one look at me and tells me very nicely to sit down. “I make you a cup of coffee, please take a seat.” I am hot and a bit bothered but I do what he says. Sun pours through the window of Kleofas Cafe as I sit writing lists of all the things…
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It’s a sell out but we can all still go to the Convention on Modern Liberty
Are human rights at risk? Inside today’s Guardian Jack Straw argues that Britain is the asylum seekers’ country of choice because people still have more rights and protection here than anywhere else. Oh yes? On the front page of the paper there is another article which gives a clue as to why tomorrow’s Convention on…
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Planting poetry and other subversive thoughts
On the No 8 bus this morning I peered anxiously out of the window as we passed St Andrew Square. Ever since I helped to plant poetry in the garden for the Lost World Read the weather seems to be doing its best to blow the whole lot to the kingdom of Fife. Or some…