Tuesday, December 29, 2015

The Collected Edition

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Some bloggers take Montaigne as their patron saint but John Updike deserves a place in that Parthenon. Updike was such a prolific writer t...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

In Praise of Scepticism

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The last week of the year is the time when we are reminded of the year’s key events and invited to think about how we might improve our be...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Memory's Palace

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A rolling stone, we are told, gathers no moss – but give a nomad a base and it is amazing what artefacts he’s able to produce from the...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

55 years in a couple of pages

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I always like a bit of intellectual history ….and last week I alighted on a conversation with Roger Scruton around a revamp of a book whic...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

Artists' Haven on the Danube

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I spurned the easy option of a fast exit from Sofia via the Balkan Highway which has me at the top of the mountain range within half an ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Border-crossing at the Danube

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Two tasks have occupied me these past few days. One of my daughters had come across some letters between her mother’s parents and it had...
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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Losing the Plot

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The plebs are stirring – and nationalist banners are flying high everywhere. Not just in Scotland, Sweden and Hungary – but now France ...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Yes to Yustina Wines

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Despite my 7 years’ appreciation of Bulgarian wines, I’ve only once actually visited a Bulgarian winery – and there are apparently 150 o f...