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Bas(qu)ing in difference: the Beauty of the Basque identity II: Pin(tx)ch me, a life changing food experience
In this entertaining excursion of an article, CLC columnist Freya John takes us on a culinary tour of Bilbao as she recounts her love affair with the ‘incredible, edible, small delights: pintxos.’
Bas(qu)ing in Difference: the Beauty of the Basque Identity I: The Enigma of Euskera
In the first instalment of her column, European columnist Freya John explores the mystery of Euskera, the language of the Basque Country. From its linguistic background, to its sociopolitical significance, John offers an insightful overview of this minor language.
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- A Day in the Life
- Across Borders and Senses
- Bas(qu)ing in difference: the Beauty of the Basque identity
- Berlin Bulletin
- Between Wars, Between Identities
- Beyond Brave Little Blighty
- Bing and Bao - A Culinary Diary in Taipei
- Cairo Chronicles
- Continental Cambridge
- Deformation as Reformation
- Dialogues with the Dead
- Does Michel Houellebecq still matter?
- East Asia
- Egyptian Soul
- Epilogue to a Travel Blog
- Europe
- Exploring the Epics
- Film Across Borders
- Flâneur bops and flops
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- Germanistik: In search of the female writer...
- Germanistik: In search of the female writer…
- Iberia
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- Intimate Transgressions
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- La Femme Française
- Las ideas no se matan: reflexiones sobre la literatura latinoamericana
- Le Nouveau Raz-de-Marée
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- Lockdown alla Veneziana
- Los Niños de la Guerra
- Lusophone Considerations
- Middle East and Africa
- Modern Fiction in Translation
- More than Music
- Musings on Benjamin and Berlin
- Opinion
- Parisistible
- Perché Sanremo è Sanremo
- Portuguese
- Postcards from Vienna
- Representation in British Sign Language
- Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- Secrets of the Steppe
- South America
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- The French Dispatch