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Blogs in August 2025

Painting Paris 28th August 2025

Paris 1908. In Montmartre painters are creating works that will change the way we see life. Some do it better than others, some fall victims to the pursuit of love as well as art. But it’s a time to...

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Berliners 7th January 2025

Berliners is a poem that originated from a conversation in Berlin. After several visits to Berlin, and a recent work assignment there with the German Film Academy, John Simmons became fascinated by the role of the city in 20th...

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Spanish Crossings 28th February 2017

“Mother declared herself happy.” A woman’s life has been cast in shadow by her connection to the Spanish Civil War and the Basque child refugees from that war in the late 1930s. We follow Lorna from the days in...

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