Standing in a Spanish Doorway

• "Fossil gas labelled green in 'biggest act of greenwashing in history'" 2 years ago  "European MEPs from the far right, and the majority of the EPP today voted in favor of the EU Commission’s proposal to inexplicably label gas as ‘green’ in the EU’s taxonomy of sustainable investments by 328 to 278. Europe’s elected representatives have let citizens down, says...
• MOSS Deck Art Show MELBOURNE with BARCELONA 2 years ago Turning Art Into Water for MOSS FoundationMelbourne: 6pm – 9:30pm Friday 25TH Nov 2022Barcelona: 6pm – 9:30pm Thurs 24th Nov 2022Silent Auction closes 9:30pm Friday Melbourne time & 11:30am Friday Barcelona time(Same bidding app, same time, different time zones!)In person and online charity...
• "Donald Trump doesn't like to read" [but some of the rest of us do...] 2 years ago In a period of weeks where blind ignorance and Islamaphobia have been tragically demonstrated around the globe, it's apparent that the act of reading (and here I don't mean skimming racist Tweets) is more important than ever but some of the most powerful people are against it..."The Trump statement...
• "Wine and a whine" - My latest opinion column for Catalonia Today magazine 2 years ago  As a reptile – I like to think of myself as one of those lizards that runs across the hottest desert sands with a high knee action like an Olympic hurdler, though in reality I’m probably more of a slow-moving komodo dragon – waking up to yet another spring morning with a sky the colour of...
• "Damned noise" -- an opinion from the 2nd most noisy country in the world: Spain. 2 years ago   ‘In this country, clamour is as inevitable as the air one breathes. It follows you, wherever you go, whatever you do.Motorcycles, construction sites, shouting, music, mobile phones, bells, firecrackers, barking, horns, alarms, barrel organs, shouting, radios, hammers, garbage trucks, heels,...

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