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Rotterdam
Second city of the Dutch, Rotterdam makes much of its brutalist architecture and its famous art museum.
- Originally published: 10 Mar 2009 in Europe
Baltasar and Blimunda
Saramago’s breakthrough novel in English, full of contrasts and landscapes but lacking his later spark.
- Originally published: 17 Jan 2010 in Books
Have you seen this pub?
Two visits in one weekend to a pub whose presence has been dwarfed by an enormous road bypass.
- Originally published: 19 Jul 2005 in Editorial
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
The Wild Bunch
Peckinpah’s version of the American West lives hard, ages fast and dies violently.
- Originally published: 2 Apr 2007 in Film
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. 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.
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.