Tag: gothic
Lisbon
Like the explorers in their carracks and caravels, Lisbon’s status as hub of the whole world has long since set sail, but there’s still much to discover here.
Köln and Bonn
Thirtieth birthday treat: a weekend by train to two German cities and a marvellous art exhibition.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
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.
- Originally published: 11 Oct 2007 in Film
Grand Veymont
A day hike to climb the highest mountain in the Vercors chain, the Grand Veymont at 2,341 metres.
- Originally published: 9 Jul 2010 in Walking
Invasion postponed due to fog
Folk have fought violently over this strip of coastline for centuries but with such thick fogs, one wonders how.
- Originally published: 9 Apr 2009 in Europe
Bailing out the banks
Propping up banks with taxpayers’ money is just another sign of worse to come.
- Originally published: 29 Sep 2008 in Editorial
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
A timeless art collection that survived the times.
- Originally published: 28 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
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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.