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MAY 2022 Broadcast: Martina Nicolls

 



MAY 2022

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TREES

The feature this month is the beautification of Paris through the city's (and human's) connection with trees. 

FRIENDSHIP THROUGH TREES

The City of Paris collaborated with the Embassy of Costa Rica to strengthen their friendship through the photography of trees.

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TUILERIES GARDEN, PARIS

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​HYBRID STEVEN LIME TREE AND SMALL-LEAFED LIME TREE MERCHANDISE ... AVAILABLE HERE​

CHATEAU DE CHAMBORD, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE

GIVERNY, FRANCE

​GIVERNY, FRANCE MERCHANDISE ... AVAILABLE HERE​

ICONIC PARIS

MUSEUM D'ORSAY

​ICONIC PARIS MERCHANDISE ... AVAILABLE HERE​

FEAST OR FAMINE

My blog site Feast or Famine has posts on book reviews, art galleries and museums, my humanitarian work, articles, and photographs.

Read a review of Cesar Aira's 2018 book, The Lime Tree, set in Argentina. HERE​

SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

My Website: See information and photos on animals ... This month's feature is the Eurasian Treecreeper - a small bird that nests in tree crevices, photographed in Paris.

​OTHER MERCHANDISE from my PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO​

A FLOWER EXPECTED EVERYWHERE

My Website: See information and photos on flowers, gardens, floral art, poetry, books ... 

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Wall mural, Paris, April 2019

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THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE

My latest book The Paris Residences of James Joyce (2020) has a website with information on the book and Opal Hush blogs that aim to connect the past to the present, and discover people and places in Paris.

Opal Hush is mentioned in James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses. It's a drink - a quarter of a glass of claret with lemonade from a soda siphon.

THE AUTHOR

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I am an author and an independent consultant (in peace and stabilisation, human rights, labour rights, labour market assessments, countering trafficking in persons, education, vocational education and training, health, and good governance). 

I have several websites and blog sites, such as my main webpage (http://www.martinanicolls.net), animal website (Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom), plant website (A Flower Expected Everywhere), Paris website (The Paris Residences of James Joyce), a general blog site (Feast or Famine), and a facebook page.

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MARTINA NICOLLS​
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