Tag: maura
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
A smash-and-grab of awards for a film that feels rather rushed.
Volver
Heartbreaker Cruz gets a bit of singing help from Estrella Morente to deliver an emotional performance.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Poor lane discipline
When a cretinous woman crashed into us on a roundabout near Birstall.
- Originally published: 15 Aug 2006 in Editorial
Manu Chao in Concert
For listeners used to the laidback charms of Chao’s recorded repetoire, the live experience is somewhat more intense!
- Originally published: 11 Oct 2007 in Concerts
Dulle Teve
4/5. Fine, delicately perfumed tripel with a punchy mouthfeel and a gentle aftertaste.
- Originally published: 10 Nov 2010 in Beer
Syriana
A movie for our times: a challenging look at the many side-effects of crude foreign policy.
- Originally published: 5 Dec 2006 in Film
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.
- Originally published: 13 Jun 2011 in Europe
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.