Referendum maps and ideological choices
The EU Leave/Remain poll in Britian last Thursday resulted in a collection of interesting referendum maps – an excuse to revisit ideology and map-making
Stops and Stories
A travel blog about Stops and Stories. Read TheSupercargo’s Travel Blog for more detail or scroll down.
The coin toss
This week The UK is going to be making a coin toss on its future. The whole business strikes me as painful and as more than a little surreal.
Edith Cavell (and St Joan) in Brussels
History is all around you in Brussels, still I was surprised one day to find myself walking along Rue Edith Cavell… and then I remembered.
Taxes and loud English – it’s child’s play
Taxes and death – the two things of which we can be certain, but while it’s very unusual to die more than once, getting taxed twice for the same year… It’s enough to get you speaking in loud English.
Open day at the EU Commission
An open day at the European Commission last Saturday 28th May How exciting! No? Oh come on, at least try to show a little enthusiasm!
The famous Brussels pissing contest
A Brussels pissing contest in which Manneken Pis, Jeanneke Pis and Zenneke Pis compete to see who can urinate furthest… and get photographed the most.
Time travel at the Brussels Atomium
If you’ve ever fancied experiencing time travel, I recommend a visit to the Brussels Atomium – go back and see the future we once looked forward to.
London Green – a walk through London’s parks
London green: green is perhaps not the colour you first associate with London – red, perhaps, or black – but maybe you should think about green.
18th April – decades of a date
April 18th – one day in seven decades. And why just this day? What is the significance? It’s the day (in 1986) that I married Mrs SC. Our anniversary.
There’s something in the Brussels air
There’s something in the Brussels air – among other things the spores of yeast; also the spores of art – an exhibition of art from not so thin air