Tag: sheffield
Buena Vista Social Club presents (2008 Tour)
At last year’s Buena Vista Social Club gig, only the cheap seats were left on sale. This time I was better prepared.
The last night of Hobson’s Choice
Treading the boards is John Savident as the cobbler who must tread carefully.
Southport and the Peaks
A visit to the west coast: the last time I was in Southport was probably 1993.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
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
Family portraits
Just a few family photos taken recently.
- Originally published: 21 Feb 2007 in Personalia
Val de Loire
Not for nothing is the Val de Loire called the ‘Garden of France’. Blooming flowers, lush pastures, rich vineyards and lazy old rivers.
- Originally published: 28 Apr 2011 in Europe
Zwartboek (Black Book)
Black is back: a welcome return to form for Verhoeven.
- Originally published: 26 Jan 2007 in Film
The Departed
The older generation still runs things round these parts.
- Originally published: 26 Feb 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.