Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops
13 January 202
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza The…
12 January 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza Spain’s…
11 January 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza Mark…
10 January 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza The…
9 January 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza Outrage…
THE HOMICIDE IN MINNEAPOLIS
If you’re still capable of being shocked, see this Laurence O’Donnell video on the fatal shooting: And see here on the Orwellian aftermath of the homicide. Even Jimmy Kimmel can’t find anything to joke about, when those running the country order you to ignore the evidence of your own eyes. And when there is no…
8 January 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza An…
7 January 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza The…
6 January 2025
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza Trouble…
5 January 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe stars to flight. And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain. Cosas de España/Galiza Madrid…
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Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 