witch trials

One of the principal flaws in the Vatican's claims that the Inquisition was not really all that bad is the supposition that the distance that now exists in Spain between church and state was also present when torturing and burning...

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montjuïc undressed

I know more Catalan geology than most trombonists, but this paper, Stratigraphy and petrology of the Miocene Montjuïc delta, was an absolute revelation (and I'm not just trying to demonstrate to you what a smart git I am). The graphics...
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catalonia tomorrow?

I don't know anyone who saw Catalonia Today today, today being its supposed launch date. Go on, tell us what happened. Money ran out already?...
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cunning cambridge copper

This would be an insufferably cool story if it weren't actually so cool:...
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beware the european brick

Mad Andy has a good old laugh at The Guardian for writing that...
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