Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops
The Middle East War
The New York Times: How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran. In a series of Situation Room meetings, President Trump weighed his instincts against the deep concerns of his vice president and a pessimistic intelligence assessment. Here’s the inside story of how he made the fateful decision. On the basis of Netanyahu scenarios…
8 April 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 Galiza Some…
The Middle East War
So . . . At the cost of many billions of dollars and uncounted lives, the US and Iran are back were they were before Trump started his ‘little excursion’. They are talking to each other and the Hormuz Strait is to be opened. This is under the predicted ceasefire arranged by Pakistan and, as…
7 April 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 April 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…
5 April 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 A…
4 April 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 A…
3 April 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 Property…
The Middle East War
Take your pick of these critical commentaries . . . The wages of war. The kinetic war: Israel pounds Iran with a huge missile barrage just before Trump’s unhinged speech, doubling down on his failed escalation. The war could re-shape the global cultural order.
2 April 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 I…
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Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 