Saturday, July 30, 2011

What's in a picture?

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Regular readers will have noticed that my booklet on Bulgarian painters seems to be on the back burner. I have hit a wall – not being abl...

the demise of the citizen

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I’m not a technical geek – so it was a bit of a surprise when I realised a couple of months ago that the information and references I receiv...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

asking the tobacco companies to draft public health policy

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You are all probably as confused about the Greek "bailout" and associated BRIC problems as I am. I have just read the clearest ...

Is the Left Right?

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I was interested to see that a long-established writer (Charles Moore) for The Daily Telegraph (the newspaper of English conservatism) has ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Forward to the past - are there lessons from 1911?

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The thunder which has rolled round Sofia these past 2 days has fitted my mood – a feeling of Goetterdaemuring as the right-wing fanatics...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Eight Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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In recent years, bankers have become a hated group. However, before the politicians could do any damage to their privileges and excesses, t...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Man ist was man isst – we are what we eat

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Serendipidy again – was browsing amongst reduced-price books in the nearby bookshop and found one with the title We Want Real Food – the lo...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Oh to be in England!

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A great European artist is dead – Lucian Freud (above). It’s rare for an artist to make the front page – and its sad that it’s so often onl...