Tag: ruisdaal
Zuid Holland and Zeeland
Canals and coastline: a quick jaunt around the broad, open spaces of the southern Netherlands.
Heijn Accord signed
How a shopping bag provoked an entire evening’s discussion of European cultural differences.
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
The earliest masterpiece on the British working class and still strongly relevant today.
- Originally published: 1 Dec 2011 in Books
Adelardus Bruin
5/5. A heavenly- and heavily-scented ale sampled from the tap, impressively delicate for its type.
- Originally published: 9 Jan 2011 in Beer
In sickness…
Books to be avoided when passing time during a recovery from sickness.
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2006 in Editorial
Dancer In The Dark
Director: Lars Von Trier Denmark et al, 2000 Only a bunch of die-hards could create this kind of electrifying cinema and Von Trier’s shoots are famously uncomfortable affairs. Perhaps that’s the key to the unique performances he gets, this time from a superb cast led by Bjork. Coming right after the disturbing intensity of Dogme …
- Originally published: 1 Dec 2006 in Film
The story of Lawrence Padgett
A soldier from Yeadon who went to Europe and never returned.
- Originally published: 9 Mar 2009 in Personalia
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.