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  • Our Sites
    • Parkstone main website
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  • Art Exhibition,  Español

    El pequeño gran país

    April 16, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Cualquier oportunidad es buena para ir a Escocia. Cuando estuve viviendo allí recuerdo que el eslogan del momento decía que era el mejor país pequeño del mundo. Sinceramente, esto de los eslóganes de las ciudades, regiones o países siempre me ha parecido divertido, sobre todo por la capacidad inventiva de los publicistas para promocionar ciertos lugares con las frases más exageradas. Ahora mismo se me vienen a la cabeza dos de mis favoritos: «Cantabria infinita» y «Castilla y León, cada día un fin de semana». ¿Cómo vamos a dejar de ir a dos lugares así? Combinados, digo yo, sería algo así como el paraíso, ¿no? ―que no se asuste Corocotta…

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    The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships

    January 8, 2013 / 0 Comments

    It was Christopher Marlowe who coined the infamous line regarding Helen of Troy; ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’. I have to say, I do feel sorry for Helen! Put in a position where she was, effectively, responsible for a ten-year war, loss of lives, and the sacking of a city. I ask: was it even her choice to leave Menelaus? Sure, the story goes that she and Paris fell in love and escaped Sparta and her husband by fleeing to Troy. But, really, what if this wasn’t the true story? What if she was actually in love with Menelaus, and was just kidnapped by Paris? Admittedly, if Paris…

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