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Too Many Crooks (A state of the nation undress)

On my recent three month travels in South America, I picked up a book by Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing titled 'The Prisons We Choose…

neilcoppenMarch 7, 2008

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Travels with Gabriel Garcia Marquez (part 1) Cartagena De Indias

Far from journeying to the Colombian city of Cartagena De Indias ,seeking a Caribbean utopia (of which there are many) to sun myself upon, I…

neilcoppenMarch 6, 2008

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In search of San Pedros Keys- The Wiz of Hauncabamba (Part 3)

I hold a deep respect but at the same time inherent distrust for horses. The memory of a childhood incident: a mooi river farm, tugging…

neilcoppenFebruary 25, 2008

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In Search of San Pedros Keys(The Wiz of Hauncamba) PART 1

Tired of trodden trails and keen to start the New year with an experience that might set a precedent of some sort, I endure a…

neilcoppenJanuary 9, 2008

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EWOKâ€™S ODDESSY

Interview with MC- Iain Robinson about his show “SpitFire' Iain Robinson aka Ewok Baggends asks a lot of questions. He opens our interview with a…

neilcoppenOctober 23, 2007

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The Selective Memory of National Pride

No one wants to shit on the Springboks parade. Only cynical idiots might dare to do such a thing at such a time and thereby…

neilcoppenOctober 23, 2007

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THE INDOMITABLE ‘MR MACKEE’

Neil Coppen flies into London to attend a screenwriting Seminar by one the world's most revered and feared mentor's -Robert MacKee.In a lecture hall in…

neilcoppenSeptember 30, 2007

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Philo’s Great Brain Drain

I consider myself a vaguely intelligent person, one who is able to exert a healthy degree of self control and discipline but why then, after…

neilcoppenSeptember 22, 2007

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Dying Hard

As the first gun shots ring out a traumatized toddler wails from the stands. An Impi advancing, palms thundering on cow hide shields. ”˜Bags' the…

neilcoppenSeptember 29, 2006

Too Many Crooks (A state of the nation undress)

Travels with Gabriel Garcia Marquez (part 1) Cartagena De Indias

In search of San Pedros Keys- The Wiz of Hauncabamba (Part 3)

In Search of San Pedros Keys(The Wiz of Hauncamba) PART 1

EWOKâ€™S ODDESSY

The Selective Memory of National Pride

THE INDOMITABLE ‘MR MACKEE’

Philo’s Great Brain Drain

Dying Hard

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