Saturday, August 31, 2013

Romanian secrets

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For several years I have been very puzzled by the apparent banality of Romanian paintings - at least those available in private gallerie...

A new and hidden gem in Bucharest - the Theodor Aman Museum

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For several years we have been leaving nasty notes on the gates of the small Aman museum in Rosetti street asking when the “renovations”...
Friday, August 30, 2013

The origins of the First World War - the how rather than why

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Coincidentally, the historian who has written the new, detailed study of the origins of the First World War which I mentioned yesterday ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Balkan journeys

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Despite the name of this blog, I’m actually on the periphery of the Balkans and do not even begin to try to understand its history. I’ve...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Be very afraid!

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I’m pleased that my readers have chosen, without any encouragement from me, to elevate a 2 year old post about the financial crisis to ...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

Theft of a nation

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As I was writing yesterday’s post, I realised how little I knew about how the restitution of Romanian property (seized by the communists a ...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Romanian "elites" shameless in theft

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The restitution of property nationalised by the Romanian communist regime has been a long saga – with only 10,000 homes apparently restor...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Good bookshops can (and do) beat Amazon - Let the word go out

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I feel totally vindicated in my Amazon boycott. The prices I am getting are more than 10% better than Amazon’s deliveries to my Romanian ba...