Facelifts and tradition
Mary Murphy
May 17, 2014
Although Skopje’s lords and masters continue to give the city a facelift, not everyone is happy with the result. Progress takes many shapes and forms
Although Skopje’s lords and masters continue to give the city a facelift, not everyone is happy with the result. Progress takes many shapes and forms
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Say Michelin and I think tyres. I think of the white plastic Michelin man that for so many years rode atop my neighbour’s haulage truck.
Of the 11 million said to have perished in the Holocaust, five million were not Jewish: they were Roma, Jehovah’s Witnesses, university professors from the
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I like theatre. I like the stage. And I’ll even confess to liking musicals. When I lived in London, I went twice a week. I
I managed to get through the whole of 2013 without succumbing to the many invites from Young Malcolm to join one of his IHBC hikes.
