“Bosnia is under my skin. It’s the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much d…

Unfinished Business - War In MostarDocumentary presented by Jeremy Bowen (BBC) from 1993. It is filmed in and around Mostar at the height of the Bosniak-Croa...

“Bez cilja i nada mi smo samo mjerači vremena.” (“Without goals and hope, we are just measurers of time.” – Ranko Marinković (Croatian novelist) Continuing the account…

Travels around the Continent

“In Reading gaol by Reading townThere is a pit of shame”(The Ballad of Reading Gaol – Oscar Wilde) Recent publicity about the Bayeux Tapestry being moved to London in preparation …

“In Reading gaol by Reading townThere is a pit of shame”(The Ballad of Reading Gaol – Oscar Wilde) Recent publicity about the Bayeux Tapestry being moved to London in preparation …

Travels around the Continent

“O diese Sonne” (Oh this sun) – chorus from Der Freischütz I normally avoid travelling much in the summer months for three reasons: it is usually more expensive, everything is bus…

“O diese Sonne” (Oh this sun) – chorus from Der Freischütz I normally avoid travelling much in the summer months for three reasons: it is usually more expensive, everything is bus…

“Nous avons besoin de la sagesse normande”(‘What we need is common sense’, once translated literally in the European Parliament as ‘what we need is Norman Wisdom&#8217…

“Я… я… я… я… я выиграл…, я очень много выиграл.”(“I… I… I… I… I won, I won a very great deal.”)Alexei (The Gambler) – Sergey Prokofiev based on…

“Я… я… я… я… я выиграл…, я очень много выиграл.”(“I… I… I… I… I won, I won a very great deal.”)Alexei (The Gambler) – Sergey Prokofiev based on…

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“Remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime.” (Edward Whymper) This post continues the accou…

“Remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime.” (Edward Whymper) This post continues the accou…