Tag: germany
Köln and Bonn
Thirtieth birthday treat: a weekend by train to two German cities and a marvellous art exhibition.
Stasimuseum Normannenstraße
The banality of evil: a Stasi boss who ate breakfast while down the corridor prisoners awaited their fate.
Monschau and Vogelsang
Enchantment and evil: a fairytale town and a Nazi training camp in Germany’s Westwall.
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.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
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, …
- Originally published: 24 Oct 2005 in Personalia
Inside Man
Spike Lee underscores the ancient truth that all black cops must be cool. …
- Originally published: 29 Jan 2007 in Film
In Bruges
Possibly the finest black comedy of the decade. F**king Bruges! …
- Originally published: 21 Apr 2008 in Film
Poor lane discipline
We were the unfortunate victims of poor lane discipline on a roundabout toward the end of last week. Our car, Scofield, was damaged in the collision. J and I were OK. For …
- Originally published: 15 Aug 2006 in Editorial
Abbaye des Rocs Brune
4/5. Looking almost like a red wine, intense and complex aroma is intense. Dry taste with only very slight bitterness and packed with caramel. …
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
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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.