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The End of Certain Worlds

The End of Certain Worlds
Fin de ciertos mundos

The morning after (London time) Israel’s attacks against nuclear, military and, in passing, civilian targets in Iran, I came across Patti Smith’s latest message in Substack. She looked tired and…
Dark October

Dark October
Oscuro octubre

October started badly for an afflicted Mexico, as Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as president on the first day of the month. We were just having some respite, thinking that,…
Everything I will not read

Everything I will not read
Lo que no leeré

For some months now, I’ve been feeling a certain urgency to read again Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus. It would be the third time. Some fifteen years elapsed between my first…
El reino unido

El reino unido

Las elecciones en cualquier país y las campañas que les preceden, como hemos tenido oportunidad de observar ampliamente en los últimos meses, son trances contradictorios de la vida pública colmados…
36 Years With Sinéad

36 Years With Sinéad
36 años con Sinéad

...She came from Ireland, and in the tragedy of her personal story and that of her siblings she saw the embodiment of the tragedy of her country, suffocated by a…
People

People
Gente

An asthma crisis prevented me from going out and measuring directly in the streets the level of national enthusiasm or indignation. I wasn’t around any of the innumerable street parties…