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Saturday, 17 October 2015
Iran at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Iran decided to boycott the Frankfurt Book Fair because of the invitation made to Salman Rushdie to participate in the event. A symbolic image:
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Sunday, 6 September 2015
Sunday, 30 August 2015
Oliver Sacks, 1933-2015
Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks died today at 82, in New York, only two weeks after his last article published on The New York Times, "Sabbath":
(...) And now, weak, short of breath, my once-firm muscles melted away by cancer, I find my thoughts, increasingly, not on the supernatural or spiritual, but on what is meant by living a good and worthwhile life — achieving a sense of peace within oneself. I find my thoughts drifting to the Sabbath, the day of rest, the seventh day of the week, and perhaps the seventh day of one’s life as well, when one can feel that one’s work is done, and one may, in good conscience, rest.
The obituary of this great man, scientist and author is worth reading.
Monday, 3 August 2015
Sunday, 5 July 2015
Que horas ela volta?
A
delightful Brazilian movie about social hierarchy and relationships in Brazil:
Saturday, 4 July 2015
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