Tag Archives: Middle East
A grey day is brightened by water and spring’s flowers!
I felt as Wordsworth may have felt , coming across a host of flowers tossing their heads to each other and to me – in a distant corner of Rannoch. I took a few home to show to my brothers … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged daffodils, Kinloch Rannoch, Middle East, Scotland, war, water
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Hand wringing over Poland and Syria
I’m fed up with myself for wringing my hands over genocide in Syria and racism in Poland. I listen to the radio, watch web images and well up with anger that these things are happening. My anger is useless, I … Continue reading
Posted in football, Syria
Tagged Bashar al-Assad, Geoffrey Hill, Middle East, Poland, Sabines, Syria, United Nations, van bommel, Wilton House
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“Our weapon is the camera”
Perhaps the measure of political control in Libya is calibrated by fear.
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Posted in Facebook, Libya, Middle East, OECD, social media, Syria, twitter
Tagged Assad, Bashar al-Assad, BBC, Cyberbury, Facebook, Government, Libya, Middle East, OECD, policing, social media, Society, Syria, twitter, United Nations, William Hague
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