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...Heaney’s letters may restore my faith in writers as decent human beings, but literary letters also allow the reader to peer behind the halo that sometimes surrounds authors....
...She credited a Basque artist with teaching her to handle wood, and indeed the sturdily industrial, bolted-together sculptures recall the great Basque sculptors Eduardo Chillida and Jorge Oteiza....
...Researchers at the Basque Centre for Climate Change have estimated that developing countries could suffer losses of $580bn in 2030....
...It gave me faith in humanity – and the strength not to recoil when I’m afraid. My style icon at the moment is Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura....
...The prime minister has also been wounded by his reliance on the parliamentary votes of EH Bildu, a Basque separatist party led by a convicted member of the disbanded Eta terrorist group....
...The first part is for the beautiful things, the second for the future, where it all falls apart in a melange of puppyishly enthusiastic proposals, a heart-warming faith in future technology as the solution...
...In England, public health leaders still have faith in the role testing and tracing can play, even as they argue for changes to make the system work better by strengthening links between the centrally-run...
...(FT) China bond defaults Several high-profile bond defaults have shaken investors’ faith that local governments will always bail out state-owned borrowers....
...It is led more by faith than logic. The club reckon that devotion to a cause — a belief in Basque exceptionalism — can create a successful football team. The evidence is compelling....
...An enamelled faith in the superiority of his own culture left Peary half-blind, even as he stumbled north to the pole....
...Shareholders of both target companies passed up the chance, putting their faith in rival bids....
...We meet at Lurra, a Basque restaurant in Marylebone. Given that region’s long fight for independence from Spain, I can only wonder if his choice of venue is supposed to make a point....
...But it voiced strong political backing for the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy and made clear that Berlin has faith in Spain’s justice system....
...Others who appear to have been watched are also distressed, saying that it has shaken their faith in the national politic....
...Catalonia’s government says the artefacts were acquired in good faith. This is also not the first time art has been drawn into the battle over Spain’s future....
...Without the Socialists, a combination of the PP, Ciudadanos and two smaller parties from the Basque country and the Canary Islands would secure 175 votes — just one short of an absolute majority....
...Five centuries after the Catholic kings united the crowns of Castile and Aragon, Spain has to live with the fact that Basques and Catalans have not only preserved their languages but that many still see...
...Climate change sceptics are dismissing the pronouncement as faith-based science....
...The late Conservative premier cited his country’s humanitarian past, saying: “We hold that it is in the interest of the British people that the reputation of Britain for good faith and humanity should be...
...Basque: Spanish Recipes from San Sebastián and Beyond, by José Pizarro, Hardie Grant Books, RRP£25/$39.95 This is Pizarro’s third book in which he finally gets to explore his own roots in Basque cooking...
...He should no longer hide behind the constitution but build a broad national consensus for changing it in good faith and in a reasonable time....
...A handsome young man, his faith was sufficiently strong to make many of the young women in his village concerned that he would one day become a priest....
...The Catalan referendum campaign has triggered calls for a similar plebiscite in the Basque country, traditionally the main focus of secessionist tensions in Spain....
...He talked to each player individually, reinforcing his faith in them....
...Spaniards may have less faith in European institutions than before the crisis – but they seem still to regard Brussels as a better political steward than Madrid....
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