Museums & Galleries
Pergamonmuseum
When all the world was brought to Berlin.
- Originally published: 30 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
Stasimuseum Normannenstraße
The banality of evil: a Stasi boss who ate breakfast while down the corridor prisoners awaited their fate.
- Originally published: 30 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
A timeless art collection that survived the times.
- Originally published: 28 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen is one of the better reasons to visit Rotterdam.
- Originally published: 11 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
Body Worlds in Brussels
The art of the Ancient Greeks and of the Renaissance shares a common concern for anatomical accuracy. It comes as no surprise, then, that these were also periods in which anatomy itself
- Originally published: 5 Oct 2008 in Museums & Galleries
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
In the presence of plenty.
- Originally published: 28 Jul 2008 in Museums & Galleries
At the National Gallery
London's National Gallery is free and packed with masterpieces. Almost makes me wish I lived or worked nearby. Almost.
- Originally published: 31 Oct 2005 in Museums & Galleries
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Hardware store rudeness
Whilst passing through a hardware store a while ago, my boss noticed that all was not quite well at the stick-on letters rack display.
- Originally published: 20 Oct 2005 in Personalia
Back to books
After a spell reading work-related stuff and watching screens for entertainment, I recently returned to my beloved literature. Here’s my current list (and ignore the cheapo deals if you’re a latecomer): Natsuo
- Originally published: 19 Jul 2005 in Books
Thai cookery evening
An evening in Braine l'Alleud, having a lesson in Thai cooking.
- Originally published: 28 Feb 2009 in Editorial
Relocating to Brussels: the final haul
Moving to Brussels: temporary accommodation, commune registration, parking permits, utilities, rubbish collection, doctors, dentists.
- Originally published: 14 Jul 2008 in Relocation
French exchange
Blast from the past: on the trail of a 1992 school French exchange trip to Arras.
- Originally published: 3 May 2009 in Europe
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant in User Experience and Information Design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.