Tag: festival
Culture and Columbus in the Canaries
From here the world’s horizons were pushed further away. Today Las Palmas is capital of the Canaries and host to a WOMAD festival.
Sierra Maestra in concert
Perhaps they were jetlagged: a muted performance from a highly praised Cuban outfit.
Lila Downs in concert
An enormously gifted Mexican singer who puts everything she has into every performance.
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.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Rochefort 10°
5/5. One of the last genuine Trappist beers, this is one of Belgium’s most famous beers. Figgy, dark and subtle.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
Straffe Hendrik Brugs Tripel 9°
4/5. Crisp and bubbly, with a trace of metallic taste giving way to a slightly fruity, slightly peppery body.
- Originally published: 7 Jun 2010 in Beer
Atonement
This adaptation of the novel is both period piece and manipulative melodrama.
- Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 in Film
The Maltese Falcon
Too much backstory and too light to be noir. Still plenty of fun.
- Originally published: 29 May 2007 in Film
De Dolle Special Extra Export Stout
3/5. Impressive appearance and fruity aromas somewhat let down by overpowering salty flavour.
- Originally published: 21 Nov 2010 in Beer
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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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