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Alsace
Squeezed between the Vosges and the Rhine the Alsace region stretches narrowly along France’s spine, flanked by Germany to the north and east and by Switzerland to the south.
To the west Alsace borders Lorraine, a region towards which it has traditionally held a superiority complex. Historically however, Alsace and Lorraine have often shared similar characteristics …
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Grotesque
Natsuo Kirino Harvill (2007) After I recently moaned about the commercial fetishization of Haruki Murakami’s work, I can see this happening again with Natsuo Kirino. Kirino apparently has a back catalogue of well over …
- Originally published: 14 Oct 2008 in Books
Down By Law
Director: Jim Jarmusch US/Germany, 1986 This film ought to be naff: three unlikely cellmates stage a jailbreak only to find themselves lost in the swamps of Louisiana. For almost two hours in black and …
- Originally published: 28 Dec 2006 in Film
Toumani Diabaté
For over 700 years, the griots have wandered the plains and villages of Mali, as much a part of the landscape as cottonfields and the Harmattan dust clouds. Griots (or “jeli” to …
- Originally published: 4 May 2008 in Concerts
As Time Pedals By
A fine reunion of sorts took place in Skipton last Saturday night. I hadn’t seen some of these guys in ten years: Above left to right: Simon Garner; James Padgett; Bob Barras; Trevor …
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2007 in Personalia
Buying soap (and the accretion of experience)
Buying soap in Brussels on a Sunday is difficult. I hadn’t even brought my wallet but J had Visa. All we needed was an open shop or a cash machine: Almost every store big …
- Originally published: 23 Jun 2008 in Relocation
Who is that guy?
Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.