Bye, Bye, Berlu
There are many reasons to be happy: the scent of autumn leaves, the blanket of grey cloud that can be …
Category Archives: Europe
Berlin, Assad and Sunsets
Belated, but here no less: Whoever lives in Berlin note, and doesn’t die of Liberalism, will never die of vexation! …
Once Upon A Sunday…
Like my blog, my camera has been woefully neglected – until today:
Chauvinism, Insecurities and the Real Anchormen
I don’t usually have favourite journalists, but if I do, they are generally on Al-Jazeera. The channel has a happy …
Shubbak’s Arab Arts Festival
This July London will be swathed in a whirl of Arab awesomeness, as Shubbak‘s festival of contemporary art and culture …
Mladic, Caught
Sixteen years after the culmination of the Balkan War, the Bastard of Belgrade has been caught. By ‘caught,’ one must …
Study at SOAS?
There are so many things to love about this ingenuous short: in 4 minutes it blasts the romanticism associated with …
Italy. Owns. Eurovision 2011.
Italy has always been a missed absentee from Eurovision and the result is that my vote is a random one. …
Qaddafi’s Western Academic Stooges
Synonymous though Sundays are with tranquillity and kindness (doesn’t the world seem a kinder place with church bells clanging and Labradors gambolling with small children feeding …
For the Love of Thackeray
A quick post before bed, to share the love of my current literary paramour, William Makepeace Thackeray: And this I …
