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Jenny Holland's avatar

Genuinely a fascinating essay -- thank you!

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Euan bagshawe's avatar

A couple Of years ago, I met a Homeland Security official who told’me that T and T had sent 89 Jihadis to SYria. I had trouble believing him but it appears to be true.

Please post photos of Andalusia

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Alexander Lucie-Smith's avatar

Dear Euan, Andalusia is now surrounded my more recent houses, but I do have a pic taken five years ago of the house itself. It is not very impressive. They had to build on a wing to accommodate all the children, who just kept on coming.

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Alexander Lucie-Smith's avatar

I have put the picture into the post.

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Bettina Chua Abdullah's avatar

This piece filled me with much sadness. 23 years ago, a beloved Trinidadian friend and colleague, the news journalist Lynette Lithgow was brutally murdered along with her 83 year old mother and brother-in-law at their home in Port of Spain. I realise now that it was my first senseless, incomprehensible loss.

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Alexander Lucie-Smith's avatar

Alas....

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