North America
Katrina was here
Two years on, New Orleans is struggling to rebuild after Katrina.
- Originally published: 18 Jan 2008 in North America
All that jazz: New Year in New Orleans
Seeing in the New Year down on the Bayou.
- Originally published: 17 Jan 2008 in North America
At home with Papa: from Key West to Key Largo
From Hemingway’s home in Key West and north on US-1 to Key Largo in a yellow drop-top Chrysler PT Cruiser.
- Originally published: 16 Jan 2008 in North America
Key West and the Conch Republic
Daring to be different: a true American outpost, the beautiful south of Key West has had its fair share of eccentrics.
- Originally published: 15 Jan 2008 in North America
Miami South Beach
Down on Ocean Drive, with streamline moderne, twenty thousand Jewish retirees and Gloria Estefan.
- Originally published: 9 Jan 2008 in North America
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Peasants and pies
Though his art is famous across the globe, Pieter Bruegel the Elder himself remains a mystery.
- Originally published: 30 Aug 2009 in Walking
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
After a hard winter and a week of rain, we go roadside at the opening race of the 2010 Spring Classics season in professional road cycling.
- Originally published: 28 Feb 2010 in Editorial
Malèna
Tornatore’s poetic, hormonal paean to the youthful worship of a fallen goddess.
- Originally published: 29 May 2007 in Film
Katrina was here
Two years on, New Orleans is struggling to rebuild after Katrina.
- Originally published: 18 Jan 2008 in North America
Pepi, Luci, Bom
Lightweight and fizzy but carries barely a hint of the greatness to come!
- Originally published: 21 Aug 2006 in Film
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. In fact, I am a consultant working 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 Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
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.