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Society

“Room Service? – Send up a bigger room”

The Shakespeare Hotel in Vilnius started me thinking. Not because of its name, or its book-lined ‘library room’, or even the fact of its proximity to Vilnius University, where I was currently working. The Shakespeare and the Kempinsky in University Street are my two Lithuanian favourites, not least because of the latter’s Tappa snacks. Seared Escalope of Foie Gras and Beluga Lentils, need I say more? […]

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Opinion

Opinion: Post-Referendum Blues

My Lithuanian friend Diana is a mature student at one of the two universities in my home town, Dundee in Scotland. “Diana and David,” she says to me, “we ought to form an international pop duo.” “David and Diana would sound better,” I try to persuade her. […]