Shikha S. Lamba — Excerpt: I walk to the stalls, already overwhelmed with customers, intoxicated by the sweet smell of narcissus, inviting me to do more than just glance.
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The Snide Sniper
Sadie Kaye — Excerpt: I know I’m not a bad parent because it’s 4.03 am and I’m whispering The Pied Piper to my daughter so as not to wake up anyone else.
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Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 5 – Vienna, Austria)
Michael Smith — Excerpt: There is a Chinese saying (some would say a curse): “May you live in interesting times.”
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Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 4 – Budapest, Hungary)
Michael Smith — Excerpt: The city of Budapest, sometimes referred to back then as the Paris of Eastern Europe, was formed from three separate towns straddling the Danube—Buda, Pest and Obuda.
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Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 3 – Prague, Czechoslovakia)
Michael Smith — Excerpt: The fog had lifted and we found ourselves residing in an example of Soviet architectural chic, a massive 22-storey, 168-roomed block of flats that had been converted into a hotel.