Tag: spy
Stasimuseum Normannenstraße
The banality of evil: a Stasi boss who ate breakfast while down the corridor prisoners awaited their fate.
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.
Ronin
All style and no substance – this beautiful looking film lacks the smarts to make it a classic.
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Vienna
A visit to the venerable city of Vienna: brittle, elegant and always deep in thought.
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Europe
Brokeback Mountain
Known as the greatest script never to be greenlighted, Brokeback finally got made and it’s not a bad effort.
- Originally published: 25 Mar 2007 in Film
Pink Martini
Anything goes and anything but typical: the eclectic curiosity shop of Pink Martini in Paris.
- Originally published: 5 Oct 2011 in Concerts
Boon Duivels Bier
2/5. Chocolate and caramel flavours with a suspicion of cola. Rather too sweet for my taste.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
Third Eye Foundation and Matt Elliott
Music for ghosts played by ghosts: in concert with Matt Elliott and Third Eye Foundation
- Originally published: 21 May 2011 in Concerts
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.