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Mens’ Health

Friday, January 14th, 2011

If you follow me on Twitter, you might have noticed that I went to the doctor the other day. Apart from very occasional trips to get the baixa/alta when I had flu, and once when I broke a rib, I generally avoid doctors. In fact, this was the first scheduled appointment I’ve ever had in [...]

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State of alert: How the PSOE used Franco’s strike breaking tactics

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

[I intended to write this sooner but I've been rather knocked out with flu since Saturday.] The press was full of it: on the evening of December 3rd, the Spanish military ‘took over’ air traffic control towers across Spain at the request of the government. Air traffic controllers (ATCs) had, we were told, abandoned their [...]

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