Tag: history
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No Myths, No Ornaments
No myths, no ornaments – Originally Published: Sligo, December 2022 Below is an annotated and sourced transcript of Our Last Day at the Centre of the World in PDF format. For additional notes on the film, skip to ‘Notes’ in the text below. our-last-day-at-the-centre-of-the-worldDownload nuestro-ultimo-dia-en-el-centro-del-mundoDownload Another year. It seems like yesterday that I finished up…
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Following Francisco
Following Francisco Transcript – Originally Published: Sligo, July 2022 This is the transcript for the accompanying video tracing the steps of Francisco De Cuellar in County Sligo and Leitrim. Of course, this is just one possible route the Spaniard may have taken, derived from his description of the landscape and a fair amount of deduction. By…
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Searching for Tartessos
Searching for Tartessos (supporting document) – Originally Published: Cordoba, December 2021 “It was a great and wealthy city In ancient times. Now it is poor, now it is small, Now it is forsaken. Now it is a heap of ruins.” – Avienus Six centuries before Julius Caesar and the sons of Pompey clashed in civil…
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South South West
South South West: Marseille to Cordoba – Originally Published: Cordoba, July 2021 Last sunset in Marseille Maybe it’s because I’m Irish. Cold winters, wet summers, the occasional sighting of a pale, watery, semi-mythical sun between brief breaks in the relentless drizzle. Two dry weeks in July – that was a lovely summer, wasn’t it? Or maybe…
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A column here, a column there
A column here, a column there – Originally Published: Cordoba, 2021 Córdoba, 1021 You must remember Córdoba as it was. The shining city. The capital of the world. Now, as seething clouds of chaos muster upon the Sierra Morena, there is silence . A storm is brewing in the east. On the bridge a half-dead…