Waffling at the moon.

The talent that earned painter Albert Ciamberlani the big bucks to fund a huge art nouveau mansion in Ixelles by Paul Hankar. Only joking. His mum paid for it.

Viktor Orbán and other far-right figures are fundraising in Brussels next week.

I looked into what's on the menu, and who the 'NatCon' chefs are 👨‍🍳

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Gibraltar House. One of the oldest buildings on Square Ambiorix and formerly the Brussels home of the Spanish region of Extremadura. These early houses at the top of a hill that was once vineyards bagged a great view over the Quartier Léopold into central Brussels.

As Gibraltar is in the news... you really have to zoom in for this one.

Today has been a very positive and forward looking day. The work we have done has been constructive and the atmosphere could not be better.

Delighted to be working with David Cameron, José Manuel Albares and Maroš Šefčovič🇪🇺 to create a positive future that delivers joint prosperity.

Very positive UK-EU joint statement signals agreement over Gibraltar airport and affirms the overall *regional* benefits targeted. Perhaps the UK media could lay off with 'they've given Gibraltar to Spain' now.

A constructive atmosphere, with general political lines agreed. Our joint statement with José Manuel Albares David Cameron Fabian Picardo on the progress of the EU-UK agreement in respect of Gibraltar.

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Joint communique from EU and U.K.

If the talks succeed, Cristina might be able to take a direct flight to Brussels one of these days

Covered market, Algeciras from 1935. Prestressed concrete dome 48m in diameter, 8cm thick. The world's largest for 30 years. Designed by Eduardo Torroja. Very good fried fish snacks inside.
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#otd 465 years ago king Philip II ordered to bring together all books in his possession in the Netherlands “so that I and my successors can read them as a pastime”, thus creating KBR and appointing its first director, Viglius ab Aytta.
 
(State Archives, I 677, no 394, f. 72)

Divide And Rule is an interesting company slogan. I don't really understand how a metal inspection lid works wrt lightning rods. Ixelles.

There were some silver-tongued briquette-cladding salesmen operating in Ixelles back in the day.

Lewes, East Sussex. Check that lamp holder.

Mathematical tiles facade, Lewes, East Sussex. Early C19. It's not immediately obvious how these two houses worked, from the outside at least.

'There's optimistic and there's optimistic and Spanish and European optimism will always make itself heard louder than British optimism' - GBC's reporter.
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