Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops
8 June 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the 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…
7 June 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the 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…
6 June 2026
ing in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Cosas de España/Galiza Spain, says left-of-centre El País – has too many people. Or putting that a better way round, Spain lacks…
5 June 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the 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…
4 June 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the 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 Politics:…
3 June 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the 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…
2 June 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts 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 Says the London Times:…
1 June 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the 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…
31 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the 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’. Note: Yesterday’s post…
30 May 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…
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Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 