Posted on April 8, 2008 by Mike Booth
I want to share with you the interview we did yesterday with my wife Maureen, the artist. This 10-minute video chat is thanks to the extreme kindness of our good friend, Juan Carlos Romera, who is a prize-winning producer and director of documentaries and short films. In fact, Maureen had one of the leading [...]
Filed under: Spain, films | Tagged: Granada, Maureen Booth, painter, printmaker, Spain, Spanish Printmakers, World Printmakers | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 4, 2008 by Mike Booth
Hay Festival Alhambra Provides the Forum
Granada is hosting an edition of the Hay Festival this week. This event started out as a modest book festival in the Welsh town of Hay on Wye in 1988, but has since developed into a major itinerant international cultural event. This year’s Granada version includes talks by some distinguished [...]
Filed under: Spain, United States, politics | Tagged: Bertrand Russell, exile, Granada, Hay Festival, Mourid Barghouti, Patriot Act, Radwa Ashour, Tariq Ramadan | 9 Comments »
Posted on March 3, 2008 by Mike Booth
Maureen is always dragging me off to music recitals and poetry readings. The other night it was the presentation of a new book of short, short stories, in one of Granada’s many historic palaces which have been renovated by the town hall for public use. There was no way I could get out of it [...]
Filed under: books | Tagged: Angel Olgoso, book presentation, books, Cuadernos del Vigía, Granada, Miguel Angel Arcas, short short stories | Leave a Comment »