Tag: catalonia
Barcelona
The Barcelona of my expectations turned out to be a bit different to the Barcelona in reality.
The Yellow Cross
After they scattered into the Pyrenees, the Cathars were hard to trace. So was the thread of this book.
Girona and the 3rd Caixa Sabadell Etnival
You can keep your Costas: a few minutes inland there’s a beautiful city waiting to be discovered.
Valencia
J and I visited the venerable Catalonian city of Valencia on the eastern coast of the Iberian peninsula. The city is an unusually harmonious mix of old and new: the ciutat vella (old city) is all cobbles and charm, whilst Santiago Calatrava’s extraordinary buildings rise up towards the sea, distinctive against a cloudless sky, white …
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The Killers
Director: Robert Siodmak United States, 1946 Insurance investigator Jim Reardon uncovers dark dealings when assigned to the death of Ole ‘Swede’ Andersen. Told in flashback – with more than a pinch of …
- Originally published: 30 Sep 2007 in Film
Maredsous 10°
3/5. Less enamoured of this now than before. Plenty of caramel, cloves, baking and fruit flavours in there. …
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
The white stuff
Home of the world's most famous white beer, Hoegaarden is surrounded by the vast wheat fields needed to brew the stuff. …
- Originally published: 14 Aug 2010 in Walking
Making a song and dance about it
A bizarrely comedic take on this weepy monochrome classic. …
- Originally published: 4 Nov 2007 in Theatre
The last night of Hobson’s Choice
Treading the boards is John Savident as the cobbler who must tread carefully. …
- Originally published: 3 Dec 2007 in Theatre
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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.