Tag: espionage
Stasimuseum Normannenstraße
The banality of evil: a Stasi boss who ate breakfast while down the corridor prisoners awaited their fate.
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
The walls have ears: a painful look at the methods of the former East German regime shines a light on the darkness.
Ronin
All style and no substance – this beautiful looking film lacks the smarts to make it a classic.
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Nature’s way
My mother has a name for this kind of weather. She calls it “germ weather”. The kind of weather, she says, that you catch colds in. Spare a thought for Gary then, one of the managers at work, who was all set for escaping these miserable climes in favour of the blessed sun of Cancun, …
- Originally published: 24 Oct 2005 in Personalia
Cononley
I grew up in a small village on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.
- Originally published: 31 Dec 2009 in Walking
La Flor de mi Secreto (the Flower of my Secret)
Almodóvar’s nod to the future offers ample evidence of the director’s growing maturity.
- Originally published: 15 Aug 2007 in Film
Don’t let me be misunderstood
Warning: linguistic variety can damage the quality of your own native language.
- Originally published: 12 Sep 2008 in Editorial
Castles and vineyards
A difficult but beautiful route in Alsace somewhat diminished by bad weather.
- Originally published: 11 Nov 2009 in Walking
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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.
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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.