Mark Briggs

Mark Briggs is an aspiring journalist who spent the first four months of 2011 in Santiago. While there he wrote for the local English language newspaper (The Santiago Times) and produced a travel guide (for Essential Guides, available soon on the itunes App store). He has been published in The Big Issue and has written for numerous sports blogs. He began writing for Sounds and Colours in the summer of 2010. Read his Santiago Days column to find out more about his time in Chile.

Website: soundsandcolours.com/content/columns/santiago-days

Posts by Mark Briggs:

Valparaiso’s ascensores are facing an uphill struggle

By Mark Briggs 10 September, 2011

The city of Valparaiso is suffering a problem of identity. What to do when your trademark becomes unprofitable? Referred to... Read Article

Who Killed Simon Bolivar??

By Mark Briggs 22 August, 2011

Take one international hero. The liberator of a continent. A man venerated to the point of deity. Add one populist... Read Article

City Focus: Santiago, the City of Transition

By Mark Briggs 22 August, 2011

In many ways Santiago is a patchwork city. Each commune, or barrio, with its own architecture and atmosphere. The modern... Read Article

Uruguay – The Most Successful Country In The World At Football?

By Mark Briggs 03 August, 2011

They are the smallest nation to ever win the World Cup. And they’ve done it twice! They also boast the... Read Article

Santiago Days (The Long Way Home)

By Mark Briggs 17 May, 2011

As I write this I’m sitting in a Sao Paulo airport waiting for my flight connection heading home from my... Read Article

Santiago Days (Outside the City Limits)

By Mark Briggs 24 April, 2011

I have, over the last couple of weeks, had the opportunity (and legal necessity) to get out of Santiago and... Read Article

Lollapalooza fails to spark the imagination

By Mark Briggs 14 April, 2011

The first time this giant of American entertainment leaves its natives shores, Chile was chosen as the destination. In many... Read Article

The Magic Realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

By Mark Briggs 29 March, 2011

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most famous Latin American authors of all time. He won the Nobel Prize... Read Article

Santiago Days (After the Quake)

By Mark Briggs 18 March, 2011

Firstly my condolences go out to any one involved in last week’s earthquake in Japan, which at the time of... Read Article

Power is a Tremendous Stigma: The Life and Times of Augusto Roa Bastos

By Mark Briggs 02 March, 2011

Born in Paraguay in 1917 he fought in South America’s bloodiest 20th century conflict. He lived in exile in Argentina... Read Article

Santiago Days (Rain and Quakes in Chile)

By Mark Briggs 24 February, 2011

In the couple of weeks since I last blogged a couple of strange things have happened. Firstly, it rained! I... Read Article

Santiago Days (Food and Drink in Chile)

By Mark Briggs 08 February, 2011

Santiago Days is a new column by Mark Briggs, taking a magnifying glass to life in Santiago, Chile. This week... Read Article