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The Debt Of A Nation

March 28, 2017 – 6:08 am

In 2011 Madame Ambassador phoned with the offer to be her ‘unofficial writer in residence’ at her posting in Mittel Europa and she asked, “Do you have an evening suit?” “Of course,” I replied without hesitation from my apartment in Fort Greene. “Good, because you’ll be needing it. There will be plenty of balls and […]

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ADDI LUXEMBOURG on Kindle

November 28, 2016 – 3:02 pm

In the autumn of 2011 and winter of 2012 I was appointed the writer-in-residence to a foreign embassy in Luxembourg. The small duchy was in the center of Europe. I had lived on the continent during the 1980s. It was good to be back there again. Here’s a small sample of this booklet. On a […]

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SADLY MISTAKEN by Peter Nolan Smith

November 24, 2016 – 10:24 am

Whenever I mentioned to my friends in the USA or Europe that I was moving to Luxembourg, they immediately stated, “Luxembourg is the most boring city of Western Europe.” Actually nearby Brussels won the prix d’or d’ennui followed tightly by Zurich and Warsaw. Birmingham has given all three a run for the money with the […]

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Dawn Along The Petrusse

October 27, 2016 – 7:22 am

Last Sunday dawn rose fast on the City of Luxembourg. Only two days before I had arrived with the sun’s first light on the flight from London and jet lag prevented my sleeping till noon. It was 1AM back in New York. Madame Ambassador was in her bedroom. No other human was in the embassy. […]

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THE MYTH OF THE MAGNA CARTA

October 19, 2015 – 10:12 am

Last week Francois the driver for the embassy met me at Luxembourg Airport. The Frenchman greeted me warmly and drove to the EEU court of Justice in Kirchenburg, where the Magna Carta was on display. “Madame Ambassador is waiting for the Grand Duke.” “The Grand Duke will be there?” I was dressed in Boston Celtics […]

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