Friday, May 31, 2013

Interest in the German model

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This blog has referred several times to ‘ the Scandinavian model ’ of society and government (or “governance” in modern parlance) but it...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

The neglect of Germany

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Despite the role and significance of Germany over the past century and in present times, any visitor to that country who wanted a good bo...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Stunde Null

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When you're in the centre of Koln, you don't need much of an imagination  to sense what life was like here in the dying days of ...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

The torture of choice

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For the past decade I haven’t been able to decide where to live – a condition the Germans call “Die Qual der Wahl”, the torture of choice...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Do paintings speak for themselves?

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On what was supposed to be the last evening in Sofia, a burst of purchases – this time from my friend Ruhmen's small Neron Gallery on...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Aquarelles

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Sofia’s City Gallery has a nice exhibition of aquarelles drawn from its archives which give a good sense of this particular genre as prac...
Monday, April 1, 2013

First real day of spring

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At last a pleasant day – with Mount Vitosha sharply edged in blue; white clouds scudding across its face; and people at last enjoying t...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

wine and sculpture

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 Thanks to  CasaVino , an eminently quaffable new red wine variety for these cold days – from a village in the Melnik area near the borde...