Sunday, November 4, 2012

Artist's studio in Sofia

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I left Bucharest in mild fog at 08.00 on Saturday but, once across the Danube, Bulgaria welcomed me with blue skies and a superb display ...
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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Pork sausages, Marmite and....Romanian politics

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One of the many pleasures I’m looking forward when I (Insallah!) get to Sofia at the weekend is at last visiting the shop of the guy who ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Jules Pascin - man of the world from the Danube

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Last year, while I was compiling my list of almost 150 20 th century Bulgarian painters whose work appealed to me, I would occasionally ...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

winter arrives in the village

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A few flakes of snow drifted gently down at 08.00 and the village (1,300 metres high) now lies with a thick covering.....and winter prepa...

Love of Words - Wry Fry

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I spent a wet Saturday afternoon happily watching England’s most beloved and best performer/writer in action – namely Stephen Fry. The 50...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Of conspiracy

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"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Essays and images

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Three years ago today my blog paid tribute to the “essay” form of writing . …. I remember the impact which the essays of 18/19 th ce...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Scottish exceptionalism?

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I am a Scot – although it’s interesting that I forgot to include this in the list of ways I set out in a 2010 blogpost  in which I could ...