Monday, 13 April 2026
Silent heroes
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For Andreia Cunha For Manuel Sarmento Pizarro In February this year, American author and activist John Pavlovitz wrote to then Attorney G...
Saturday, 14 March 2026
Has it become "essential" to control Culture?
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My article in the Portuguese newspaper "Público" regarding Culture being considered "non essential" by politicians at ...
Sunday, 1 February 2026
Canaries in the coalmine and democracy fitness
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Dedicated to good friends and colleagues in Leiria, Coimbra, Figueira da Foz. Greek columnist Thodoris Georgakopoulos wondered how do we, t...
Monday, 29 December 2025
A culture of revolution and some old-fashioned values
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Kristin Cabot’s sad, self-aware, penetrating look in a photo in The New York Times reminded me of two things: how upset I felt last summer w...
Thursday, 18 December 2025
Wishing for peace
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Nemo, 2024 Eurovision winner (Copyright AP Photo) A few days ago, regarding Donald Trump's abhorrent reaction to the murder of film dire...
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Hope lies in the dark. Dignity lies in togetherness.
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Photograph: Jordi Boixareu/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (Taken from The Guardian) I believe that 2025 was nothing we could have im...
Saturday, 11 October 2025
Caring for the future
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My speech yesterday at Forum Esfera(s), organised by the University of Coimbra. Read here
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