Tag: africa
Seun Kuti & Africa 80
After a deliciously long intro, the youngest Kuti races through a short but sweet set.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
The World’s Fastest Indian
A film about a stubborn eccentric who never gave up turns out to be a simple triumph.
- Originally published: 30 Nov 2006 in Film
Welcome home, Scofield
Cars can become so dear to their owners that even a minor accident is deeply traumatic.
- Originally published: 30 Aug 2006 in Editorial
Death at Intervals
Saramago is the sort of funny old man I would’ve loved to have read bedtime stories to me when I was a kid.
- Originally published: 3 Jul 2008 in Books
Schuppenboer Tripel
4/5. A group of former amateur enthusiasts from Turnhout have turned out this soft and fruity tripel with lots of coriander.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2011 in Beer
On the Prussian front
Napoleon’s return to prominence in 1815 was an ugly surprise to other Western European powers. The Battle of Waterloo decided the rest.
- Originally published: 14 Mar 2010 in Walking
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.