What To Do When Your Column Cracks (and other thoughts on restoration)
A tour of the University of Coimbra focusing on the restoration that made the 500-year-old university a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A Museum for the World to See
An important new museum that explores Portugal’s history of dictatorship and resistance, increasingly relevant with the rise of the far right elsewhere.
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A Moving Target: Historical Research and Gentrification
A walking tour through the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where my main character lived 50 years ago.
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Returning to Portugal and Seeing the Changes
Thoughts on returning to Portugal, seeing the changes, and researching a historical novel that takes place there in 1966.
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Guest Post: Richard Lachmann Dines in Venice and Florence
Blog food reviewer Richard Lachmann’s roundup of the restaurants we visited on our trip to Venice and Florence.
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