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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Elvira Lindo has only one homeland: the heart
"There is one kind of homeland that grants us citizenship and a passport", notes the Spanish author Elvira Lindo. "And there is another homeland, which is in the heart. It is composed of intimate things that are hard to explain. ... The road you are born on, the rain of a bygone day, your parents' hands, games, silly childhood songs, words that made you feel safe and those that frightened you. ... Sometimes politicians confuse civil homeland and the homeland of the heart. ... There are citizens (including myself) who, when a politician invites them to proudly descend onto the streets for the national public holiday procession ... prefer to celebrate the event as the French singer George Brassens put it 'tucked up in their comfy bed'. This is one of the pleasures of the private homeland which I hate having anyone else poke their nose into."
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The clothes don't make the man
"Like actors who, accustomed to performing, often have trouble being natural in everyday situations, a politician removed from his parliamentary chamber wants to appear more human - but does not always succeed," notes columnist Elvira Lindo. "If the humanity of the politician consists in showing that by putting on Bermuda shorts, a polo shirt and flip flops he can appear as ridiculous as any other citizen attired in such a fashion, then I applaud. Summer is a time of vulgar disguises, hair style experimentation, of exposing bodies concealed under a uniform the rest of the year. But the human side of politicians always seems artificial. They are not made for beach wear, and always end up looking overly formal in it, with the polo shirt tucked into an immaculately ironed pair of shorts."
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