MIRANDA'S POSTCARDS

These are short pieces of writing about some of my favourite places.

Berkeley Photos and bumper slogans.

Belém A basket of fruit from the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon.

Olinda and Campina Grande What it's like to dance in the carnival of Olinda, in Northeast Brazil.

Tokyo A virtual Bento box.

Tarascon How to Tame a Tarask - or, How to make Béarnaise Sauce. Published in Travelers Tales Provence.

Paris A Homage to Apollinaire

Laugharne Miranda and Cosimo among the Dragons. Published in Bristol MG magazine.

A road beyond Timbuktu Review of a Paolo Conte concert, published as an Overseas Report in Jelly magazine

Buenos Aires This has been used to teach English at Buenos Aires University, and Latin American Studies at Chicago University

Rio de Janeiro Published in Brazzil magazine

Northeastern Brazil Describing some Oxfam projects

Cyberia "And How Far Away?" Prizewinning poem by me and Walter Aprile

Prague Published in Verbiage magazine

Pisa Published in Verbiage magazine

Havana (or Basingstoke) An Overseas Report published in Jelly magazine

Turin Part of a performance piece about italian icecream

Edinburgh Containing some tall tales about Haggis

Venice What to do if you have an hour in Venice

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Thanks to AquaScape Aquarium Hobbyist Magazine for the background, and to J.Paine of the Icon Depot for the icons.