Tag: france
Invasion postponed due to fog
Folk have fought violently over this strip of coastline for centuries but with such thick fogs, one wonders how.
The Templars
A millenium of pre-Templar history condensed into fifty taut pages. Sadly, Catholicism appointed itself the editor of the one that followed.
The Yellow Cross
After they scattered into the Pyrenees, the Cathars were hard to trace. So was the thread of this book.
Ronin
All style and no substance – this beautiful looking film lacks the smarts to make it a classic.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
I am 27 today
Birthdays are a wonderful opportunity to reflect on how much more you have yet to achieve in life.
- Originally published: 26 Jun 2006 in Editorial
Sharm El Sheikh
A second trip to Egypt and a busier time of it this year as we packed in a few visits.
- Originally published: 17 Oct 2006 in Middle East
American Beauty
Watching one of 1999′s best movies, it’s easy to forget the seriousness of the issues being discussed here.
- Originally published: 12 Feb 2007 in Film
Hop Harvest 2010
4/5. A refreshing and well-rounded hop beer from De Ranke. Unexpectedly mild to the taste.
- Originally published: 22 Jan 2011 in Beer
York
Invaded by legions of Romans, then by hordes of Vikings and finally by masses of tourists.
- Originally published: 9 May 2008 in UK
Stop ACTA!
A privately-negotiated international trade agreement that's anti-sharing, anti-privacy and anti-democratic.
Let's put a stop to ACTA.
Who you gonna call?
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 as those guys. I'm a user experience consultant, expatriate, traveller, writer and pro cycling enthusiast.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert. I started my website in 2005 and I've been running it ever since.
Shameless self-promotion
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.