Monthly Archives: January 2017
La Sra May: Entre patriotismo y nacionalismo
La perspectiva de la otra ribera escribe Jimmy Burns Marañón Escribo declarando al principio mi ‘status’ de ciudadano Europeo, nacionalidad británica, nacido en Madrid de una madre española y padre británico, educado en el Reino Unido, que desde 1953, cuando naci, he pasado la vida compartiendo culturas,a nivel personal, profesional y políticamente. Por lo tanto, desde esta posición por lo menos híbrida, permítanme intentar formular algunos pensamientos personales sobre el discurso de la señora May, y lo que podría producirse para el futuro de las relaciones entre …
Mrs May between patriotism & nationalism
I write as a British national, born in Madrid to a Spanish mother and British father, educated in the UK, bit who since 1953 has spent is life straddling two cultures, personally, professionally, and politically. So from this hybrid position , let me attempt to formulate some personal thoughts on Mrs May’s speech, and what it might auger for the future of UK-Spanish relations. As an exercise in political speech making and delivery, May’s rhetoric and poise appealed to a British sense of identity rooted in history with …
‘Silence’: A film worth discernment
I am grateful to Father Nye, a wise old Jesuit friend for advising me to go and see and make my own mind up about Silence which arrived at my local London movie house on New Year’s Day. ‘Only don’t expect humour. It doesn’t have any’, ‘he added. Up to that point a reading of some reviews had led me to thinking I might avoid it. The suggestion was that this was an overlong and dark film, with a somewhat leaden dialogue, a miscast central character, and containing scenes of …
