Villa de Leyva is today a town full of people from the upper classes arriving from the capital and from other Colombian cities both within and outside the country, to enjoy the holidays, short getaways and weekends. The town is inhabited by wealthy owners of large mansions belonging to politicians, […]
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A Noah´s Ark to save humanity
On the 25th of December, a ship will depart from Southampton destined for the islands of the South Pacific, to warn of their slow disappearance caused by the actions of mankind. Entire nations are suffering the consequences of a slow rise in sea levels as global warming melts the […]
Damascus: in the midst of walls, jasmine and mosques
Come in, come in, says a man at the entrance to his handicrafts shop, while all around him there is the hustle and bustle of prospective customers shuffling from one side of the street to the other in front of hundreds of shops and stalls. Roberto Castellanos To […]
Talking about… other languages
On 14 June, NATECLA (the National Association for Teaching English and Community Languages to Adults) will hold a seminar about learning languages that are written and read from right to left. The conference will attempt to open a debate between different linguistic professionals about the use, the investigation and […]
With the sun on your back…
If your back hurts, don’t worry, studies show that four out of five people have, or will have at some time in their lives, lower back pain. Vivian Collazo Montano We are talking about an illness that is almost always caused by badly maintained posture and poor muscle […]