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NUEVO LIBRO A LA VENTA EN España
Posted on: Friday, February 19, 2010 / 00:00 hrs

Amistad, amor, traición y una misión secreta en la España de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El destino de cuatro personas atrapadas en una ciudad. Madrid, 1939, una ciudad destrozada por la guerra.
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PAPA SPY LAUNCHED
Posted on: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

Jimmy Burns's publishers Bloomsbury celebrate the publication of the most challenging and controversial book to date by the author of the prize-winning The Land that Lost its Heroes and the international best-seller, Hand of God.
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Check out the mojitos and much more...in picturegallery section.
Posted on: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 / 00:00 hrs


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Barca on the Thames
Posted on: Monday, July 27, 2009 / 07:00 hrs

Friends and fans gathered aboard the Spanish Connection's Bar&Co boat last wednesday to celebrate a great club and a new edition of Barca: A People' s Passion
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Barca-new edition
Posted on: Friday, July 17, 2009 / 18:00 hrs

Harry Potter publishers Bloomsbury are bringing out an updated edition of Barca: A People's Passion to celebrate FC Barcelona's historic season during which it became the new European champions.
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europe's oldest walk
Posted on: Thursday, July 02, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

It took more than eighty miles and over four days for Jimmy Burns to walk the Ridgeway, partly for fun, partly to raise funds for two of his favourite charities, CAFOD and the Friends of Battersea Park. It proved quite a challenge but a rewarding one.
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The Beauty of Rome
Posted on: Thursday, May 28, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

My Barca scarf was still hanging this morning where I'd left it a few hours ago, by my bed. I had left it there because I wanted to wake up and realise I hadn't dreamt that we'd beaten Manchester United and won the Champion's League, lifting the European cup only for the second time in our history.
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A Dream Final a View from the armchair
Posted on: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

I wish I could be in Rome this week but times are hard and I can't afford the £1,250 the shark community is asking for a ticket. A couple of rather cheaper tickets have come tantalisingly closer. Earlier this week, a couple were sent by guardian angel to the Penya Blaugrana Reino Unido
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Jimmy Burns - FT farewell party
Posted on: Monday, March 09, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

To celebrate his thirty years of life at the FT, Jimmy invited 200 family members, friends and colleagues to a party at the Globe Theatre's Balcony Room.
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Jimmy Burns to spend more time in third sector
Posted on: Saturday, March 07, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

Having liberated himself from having to service the 24 hours news cycle to write what he wants when he wants as a book author and journalist, Jimmy hopes to free up more time for his work for charities.
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Jimmy's gets a mention in the Guardian's Media Monkey's Diary
Posted on: Friday, March 06, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

No fewer than five FT editors including Lionel Barber, the present incumbent, turned out last week (Feb 26th)to say goodbye to Jimmy Burns, who is taking early retirement after 30 years as a foreign, war, diplomatic, political, labour and even spooks correspondent for the Pink 'Un.
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Jimmy Burns leave the Financial Times after thirty years
Posted on: Thursday, February 26, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

After thirty years with the Financial Times, Jimmy Burns has left the staff of the newspaper to free-himself up for new book projects and writing across the world of journalism
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Upcoming events with Jimmy Burns
Posted on: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 / 00:00 hrs

March 2009 Bloomsbury authors' quiz Cambridge University, speaking engagement. Subject: media and the intelligence world.
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Beyond the Silver River: South American Encounters

This is perhaps one of my more personal books because it tells of a special time in my life, living the adventure of an extraordinary continent
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