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
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‘Twixt two regions
The Marcq-Mark river flows between Vlaanderen and Wallonie trying to decide which region it prefers. In this area the plains of Flanders and Hainaut are marked occasionally by small, sharp hills, many …
- Originally published: 13 Dec 2009 in Walking
Malèna
Tornatore's poetic, hormonal paean to the youthful worship of a fallen goddess. …
- Originally published: 29 May 2007 in Film
Villers-la-Ville
A walk through woodlands and cropfields in the area around the ruins of the Cistercian Abbaye de Villers …
- Originally published: 23 May 2010 in Walking
Looking for Richard
Al Pacino gets behind and in front of the camera to tell us how much Shakespeare moves him. …
- Originally published: 15 Jan 2007 in Film
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.