Svengali and Trilby
Svengali and Trilby – After the coalition agreement between the Tories under Cameron and the Lib Dems under Clegg, who will play Svengali?
Proportional Representation. Now.
Some form of proportional representation is the preferred voting model in most democratic countries, but not in Britain. Isn’t it time?
So this is what you mean by democracy?
Democracy! A reaction to the British General Election of May 2010, my history of being enfranchised and disenfranchised, some thoughts about PR and FPTP.
But isn’t that Fredrik Reinfeldt?
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden’s Prime Minister, has a look-alike in England who appears in a screenshot of British Tory leader David Cameron out polling.
An early morning in early spring
Early morning, early spring: A gallery of early spring photos I took recently in and around my home in Gothenburg. The beech trees are leafing!
Learning to swim
In the baths today, swimming my 40 lengths, I was trying to remember learning to swim, but the memory’s lost somewhere in the chlorine haze.
Ransom note
An Englished version of the ransom note related to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption currently circulating on Scandinavian social media sites.
Six degrees of propinquity: The genesis
Six degrees of propinquity: a variation on the Artwiculate wordgame that I came up with, shared and saw played by others. This is how it came about,
A Little Spring Song – Karin Boye
My translation of Karin Boye’s A Little Spring Song (En liten vårvisa) to accompany a photo of the poet’s statue outside Gothenburg central library.
The V-sign
The V-sign: “everyone” knows it’s a universal symbol for Victory. Or for Peace. Or for the number 2. But everyone” is wrong.