Travels around the Continent
"Auld Reekie" (Edinburgh's nickname) After my visit to Glasgow in September 2017, I followed up a couple of months later with a visit to Edinburgh. In the absence of any immediate prospect of European travel at the moment, my post this month recalls my visit there. I again apologise for the lack of photographs to …
"Second city of the Empire" (Nineteenth century description of Glasgow.) In the continuing absence of any opportunity to undertake European travel at the moment, I continue my occasional series reporting on two-day visits I have made to explore particular cities. I've previously reported on seven such trips I made to non-UK cities in 2018 and …
"On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite." (Emanuel Lasker) The Chess Train (Šachový Vlak in Czech) is an annual chess tournament organised by the Prague Chess Society since 2011. It has the …
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