Tag: turkey
A culture of sorrow
Orhan Pamuk describes a collective sorrow that permeates his native city but this cultural meme seems to have taken root everywhere.
Istanbul
A crazy city of 13m people where East meets West, Istanbul has always been a vast, confusing metropolis. Some things never change!
Hagia Sophia
One of the oldest churches in the world, the Hagia Sophia has survived invasions, conversions and earthquakes since it was finished in 537AD.
Hoodoos and balloons
An epic day hike through the hills and valleys of the Göreme Tarihi Milli Parkı, passing through some of the world’s most beautiful and unusual rock scenery.
Göreme
Leaving the city for the desert: the rocky landscapes of Göreme, a town in Central Anatolia that has become a popular destination for backpackers.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Inside Man
Spike Lee underscores the ancient truth that all black cops must be cool.
- Originally published: 29 Jan 2007 in Film
The Killers
The insurance business was never so dark and forties Hollywood cinema never so deeply psychological as this.
- Originally published: 30 Sep 2007 in Film
Buena Vista Social Club
All rockumentaries should be like this: memorable film on the great cultural discovery of the late 90s.
- Originally published: 4 Nov 2007 in Film
Looking for Richard
Al Pacino gets behind and in front of the camera to tell us how much Shakespeare moves him.
- Originally published: 15 Jan 2007 in Film
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
The soul of a hitman: another comical curiosity from the quiet genius.
- Originally published: 10 Jan 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.