Saturday, April 30, 2016

Poetry, Potted history and Geopolitics - "In Europe's Shadow"

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The search for books which (try to) capture the soul of a country is an increasingly fascinating endeavour for me. Such books cannot be ...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Another Danube Trip

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Another trip north 2 weeks back – first to Port Cetate via Belogradchik and one of its vineyards and the Vidin bridge across the Danube....
Friday, April 15, 2016

Drawing Back the Veil

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Those wanting a sense of how the events of the last century have impacted on the soul of one Balkan country have a unique opportunity in...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

On resilience; and wines and painters from Pazardzhik

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So much happening – the continuing human and political crisis of the ongoing wave of immigration to Europe’s shores; the Panama Papers an...
Friday, April 1, 2016

The Royals and Brexit

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Fascinating story early this morning about an imminent (and potentially constitution-shattering) intervention by the British Royals in Brit...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Sofia's new galleries

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An impressive new gallery has just opened just 100 metres from my flat – the Red Point Gallery – with a display of young Bulgarian graphic...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Illness Break

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My readers will be puzzled by my silence of the past few weeks - so let me explain. Global and European events do, of course, make it is...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Simulating Brexit

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Most people are fed up with the way television presents “big issues” – either short soundbites or spokesmen for two extreme positions line...