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A fortune-teller once told me
On the fear of change, shamans and overcoming blocks.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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The power of storytelling to change lives
Yes, I have finally watched Adolescence
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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Fractional lives, permanent anxiety
Being evicted wasn't on my 2025 bingo card especially as I work promoting London as the place to be, but there's a first time for everything.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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Not all men (but always men)
Dear good men, we're terribly sorry for hurting your feelings when we're scared to death you too may want to secretly rape us. Love, women.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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False Friends
The English language has an extraordinary capacity for elegant deceit in plain sight.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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Why does everybody want this?
I've been thinking about love and its discontents a lot recently.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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My week of iPlayer and relaxation
Went to Oxford for a writing course. Stayed for the TV licence.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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The Cost of Living
A London drama in three acts exploring material safety, the real cost of culture and how the 15-minute city is a reality the rich already live in even…
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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Every day should be World Book Day
And other thoughts on marking important occasions and celebrating accordingly. Including today.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
That call could have been an email
And other thoughts on life as an introvert who hates speaking on the phone
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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Natural disasters
As a tornado comes to the UK, I've been reminded of another one but in human form.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
New year, same me
On rejecting the tiresome mandate of reinventing ourselves in favour of doing more of what brings us joy.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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