Tag: world cinema
Buena Vista Social Club
All rockumentaries should be like this: memorable film on the great cultural discovery of the late 90s.
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.
La Flor de mi Secreto (the Flower of my Secret)
Almodóvar’s nod to the future offers ample evidence of the director’s growing maturity.
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St Bernardus 12 Abt
5/5. Peppery and woody with a touch of plums, there’s also plenty of nuts, caramel and even a bit of salty licorice in there.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
Reflections on Relocation: Part 2
The second of two articles looking back on relocation to Brussels five months on. This is my partner J’s perspective.
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2008 in Relocation
Museo del Prado
Spain’s premier art museum: fine paintings in a fine setting.
- Originally published: 13 Oct 2010 in Museums & Galleries
Romeyer and Die
A few thoughts on our first night at Romeyer in the Diois, in the shadow of the Vercors plateau.
- Originally published: 8 Jul 2010 in Europe
St Idesbald Tripel
2/5. Rich dark gold colour but not much in the nose. Very bitter on the tongue and a rather acidic aftertaste.
- Originally published: 9 Jun 2010 in Beer
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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.
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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.