List: Memories of Europe | Curated by Francis Laleman

Francis Laleman

Apr 4, 2024

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Memories of Europe

Although I hail from that corner of the British Channel where France, Belgium, and England meet at their closest point, I have been on the road for the best part of my life. I currently live in Singapore, in the heart of SE Asia. This list contains some of my memories of Europe.

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How my recent visit to Antwerp came as a shock

(a game of framing and unframing memories)

Apr 4, 2024

How my recent visit to Antwerp came as a shock

Apr 4, 2024

About the city of Bristol (UK), its tradition of social and educational reform, its connection with Raja Rammohan Roy, its art museum, and a stunning work by Barbara Hepworth.

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Give me a piece of hands and I tremble

(Barbara Hepworth and the hands of a surgeon in Bristol)

Mar 28, 2024

Mar 28, 2024

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Two classics from a gardener’s library

(Lessons in gardening with Walter Wright and Christopher Lloyd)

Mar 15, 2024

Mar 15, 2024

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On the steps of Trafalgar Square

(a childhood memory unfair)

Jan 16, 2024

Jan 16, 2024

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Remembering Marcus Cumberlege

(a British-Canadian Buddhist beatnik poet in Bruges)

Nov 21, 2023

Nov 21, 2023

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Some of the things I didn’t know I missed about summers in Europe

(because I hadn’t really noticed before)

Aug 8, 2023

Some of the things I didn’t know I missed about summers in Europe

Aug 8, 2023