Editorial (page 3)
Hunting the hunters
The old boys’ sport of hunting continues apace in Belgium – no fun for anyone else who wants to enjoy the countryside.
- Originally published: 12 Oct 2009 in Editorial
How to wash your hands
Timely advice for people who do not know how to keep themselves clean.
- Originally published: 8 Oct 2009 in Humour
Attack of the obvious
A bit of office humour or a serious attempt at advising colleagues of important information? You decide!
- Originally published: 8 Oct 2009 in Humour
Legend on the prowl
A mysterious black panther spotted near Arlon last week has precedents in other European cultures.
- Originally published: 5 Oct 2009 in Editorial
A certain thirtysomething
It feels no different to any other year now I’m turning thirty. Yet.
- Originally published: 29 Jun 2009 in Personalia
The story of Lawrence Padgett
A soldier from Yeadon who went to Europe and never returned.
- Originally published: 9 Mar 2009 in Personalia
Celebrating bureaucracy?
Foot in mouth: another clumsy Commission communication.
- Originally published: 5 Mar 2009 in Humour
Entropa: one vision of Europe
When artist David Černý was commissioned to produce a work marking the Czech EU presidency, the result was embarassing!
- Originally published: 5 Mar 2009 in Humour
Thai cookery evening
An evening in Braine l’Alleud, having a lesson in Thai cooking.
- Originally published: 28 Feb 2009 in Editorial
Club nasty: a night to remember (other nights)
Getting fleeced by crap nightclubs is a rite of passage as a youth, but it doesn’t have the same appeal at thirty.
- Originally published: 2 Feb 2009 in Editorial
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
With these Rocher, you’re really spoiling us
Smooth and sophisticated, Belgian chocolate is among the finest in the world. But is it a bit much with a cup of tea?
- Originally published: 29 Nov 2009 in Humour
Don’t let me be misunderstood
Warning: linguistic variety can damage the quality of your own native language.
- Originally published: 12 Sep 2008 in Editorial
As Time Pedals By
Meeting up with some old friends from the cycling days.
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2007 in Personalia
The Darjeeling Limited
Riveting rail movie: terrific casting and a sparkling script make this an enjoyable passage to India.
- Originally published: 3 Dec 2007 in Film
American Beauty
Watching one of 1999′s best movies, it’s easy to forget the seriousness of the issues being discussed here.
- Originally published: 12 Feb 2007 in Film
Stop ACTA!
A privately-negotiated international trade agreement that's anti-sharing, anti-privacy and anti-democratic.
Let's put a stop to ACTA.
Who you gonna call?
Hello, you. I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name as those guys. I'm a user experience consultant, expatriate, traveller, writer and pro cycling enthusiast.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert. I started my website in 2005 and I've been running it ever since.
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Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.