On arrival at the stadium

Up in Smoke - A night at the football

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November 6th 2008
At the start of this year the French enforced new laws in regards to smoking in public places. This was a massive cultural shift but one that the French are embracing albeit with great difficulty - it is a shame that the Spanish do not enforce this law here (especially in Madrid). Normally I can accept the fact that people want to smoke - what I don’t accept is that people choose to smoke at t ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more