Tag: crime
Alias Watch: Damn, He’s/I’m in trouble again
There are other Mike Padgetts in the world. Today I learned that one of them has had some bad news.
Death of the salesman
A Brussels businessman’s murder highlights the Capital of Europe’s seedier side.
No Country For Old Men
Director: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen United States, 2007 It’s probably fair to say that the Coen brothers had been off their game for a few years. Since 2000′s O Brother Where Art Thou, we’ve had to swallow a lukewarm homage to film noir and a couple of flaccid big studio pictures. With No Country, the …
Zodiac
Overlong and slightly overambitious but a welcome return for Fincher and a careermaker for Ruffalo.
Proper ASBO
I heard on the radio about the latest figures for those of the nation’s youth in receipt of an ASBO (Anti-Social Behaviour Order for those of you who don’t read the panic papers). Fancy a look at the wastrels in your area? Check them out. They ought to get the old buffers at the Daily …
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Atonement
This adaptation of the novel is both period piece and manipulative melodrama. …
- Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 in Film
Berlin
Living without walls: the city of Berlin thrives on its differences. …
- Originally published: 30 Mar 2009 in Europe
Da Vinci Bored
Hands up who thought The Da Vinci Code was utter guff? …
- Originally published: 19 May 2006 in Editorial
London
I’ve held back saying anything here about the recent events in London. Already the media machine is calling it 7/7, to go along with 9/11. As usual, the Internet leads the way …
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2005 in Personalia
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Two thrash metallers turned acoustic pickers who busked their way to stardom. …
- Originally published: 1 Dec 2008 in Concerts
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.