The high middle ages saw the building of many villes neuves, or new towns, across France. In the south-west these were known as bastides; estimates put the total number at around 350. Although the world that gave birth to them was very different from our own, the bastides have certain features that the new town developers of today would be wise to emulate.
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"It is no shame that Jeffries never reaches the heights of the Simpsons, but it is a pity that he doesn’t quite reach the heights of Stuart Jeffries." Review of A Short History of Stupidity by Stuart Jeffries in The Literary Review.
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Of the many sayings in the Analects of Kongzi (aka Confucius), “The superior person is true, but not rigidly trustworthy”[…]
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“What matters most is not how full the glass seems but what we do with it. Behaviour, not outlook, is key.”
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