The Rhetorist

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Coming Home Via Rome

Well just three days left with one more in Rome and then I head for Pescara for my flight back to the UK. It’s been overwhelming at times, a sea of extremes. If we bypass the pope and everything he stands for there is still a lot of spiritual heritage  [ Read More ]

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On the Clouds Again

Rather than spend the last 10 days trapped in Poland, which was great for the prior 10 days, I am now working my way back to London for the flight home. First stop, too late for my conference unfortunately, but nonetheless a requirement, is Italy. So another 10 days left,  [ Read More ]

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South Carolina Tourism: Gay? Stay Away!

The recent flux over grossly misleading ads proclaiming one of the most homophobic states in the US as ‘so gay’ has resulted in South Carolina refusing to pay for its ads that ran in London and select US cities. You can read about it here: Gay people who work hard  [ Read More ]

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Coolin’ Down

Yesterday was hot, really hot. And I am now comfortably in the habit of cooling down with this great stuff that comes in these thick glass bottles, what a luxury. Anyway, you see it everywhere, this shot is from the table in front of me where I was cooling down  [ Read More ]

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