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      • ‘Out of the Labyrinth’ – introduction
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      • Complete movie, clips, & stills
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    • FIVA: An Adventure That Went Wrong
      • Banff Mountain & Wilderness Literature Award 2012
      • Fiva: rave reviews and online accolades
      • Fiva 1969 and 40 + 44 years on photo albums
      • Return to Store Trolltind 2013
      • ‘Fiva’ website
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    • THE CUILLIN: Great Mountain Ridge of Skye
    • LAKELAND: Landscape of Imagination
    • EYES TO THE HILLS: The Mountain Landscape of Britain
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    • The Shining 35th anniversary, May 25, 2015
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    • Climbing logbook 1966-98
    • 1967-68 climbing logbook
    • “An Ascent of Bispen”
    • Summiting Store Trolltind 44 years after Fiva epic
    • Complete ‘Fiva’ galleries 1969, 2009 & 2013
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Strange mistakes in European history & geography 3/4: Human rights

Strange mistakes in European history & geography 3/4: Human rights

December 28, 2015
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Other sections of this essay: 1/4: The Map of Europe 2/4: ‘The United States of Europe’ 4/4: The European Union 3. Human Rights It’s also…

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Failure to see the full picture

Failure to see the full picture

August 24, 2015
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Surely the underlying problem with some (many? most?) politicians, like some (many? most?) notorious TV car programme presenters, is akin to tone deafness or colour…

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