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When you come to think of it, Segovia is just round the corner and well worth a visit, anyway. Hay Festival Segovia full programme  (19-22 September). We interview Nikesh Shukla | Hay Festival Segovia Hay Festival 2017: NeilGaiman and Stephen Fry - Myth Makers Toni Morrison talks to Peter Florence ABOUT HAY FESTIVAL In 1987, in Hay-on-Wye, a small town on the border between England and Wales that houses 1,500 people and is home to two dozen bookstores, two local residents, Peter Florence (current director) and his father Norman, decided to hold a festival literary. Since then, Hay has grown to become one of the most important ideas festivals in the world, attracting hundreds of thousands of people each year. The Hay Festival, which has a presence in Europe and Latin America, is chaired by the actor and writer Stephen Fry and its board of directors is headed by Caroline Michel. Thanks to its director Sheila Cremaschi, over the last 14 y

Breakfasters divided again with relaunch of Marmite extra old  (The Guardian) Marmite meanings Marmite maker: it was right to increase prices after Brexit vote

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"It was a bright cold day in April," goes the first line of 1984, "and the clocks were striking thirteen" George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four opening sentence. Another 35 years have elapsed since then, and Nineteen Eighty-Four remains the book we turn to when truth is mutilated, when language is distorted, when power is abused, when we want to know how bad things can get. Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four   (The Guardian)

https://thetruesize.com/ Mercator misconceptions: Clever map shows the true size of countries The most popular map of the world is highly misleading Maps have 'north' at the top, but it could've been different The Atlas of Prejudice

On the lookout for a non-mainstream film in English? This is the film I saw yesterday at Renoir Princesa (V.O.S.) which is an adaptation from the book The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe by French writer, Romain Puértolas .  The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (original title) is a colourful, feel-good movie, the perfect fit for those who want to practise English with little stress. A delightful crowdpleaser!

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