Tag Archives: Varia

News media and knowledge [embedded content] Hans Rosling (1948-2017) RIP

A Swedish giant has left us Sad, sad, sad, news reached us today. One of Sweden’s greatest actors ever — Björn Granath — passed away today, aged 70. He made many great performances, but the one that has stayed with me more than any other is the portrait of the rebel Erik in Pelle the Conqueror (1987). [embedded content] “We’ll set out and conquer the world.”

Die Mauer ist weg  [embedded content] Anything you can say about the Berlin Wall is — to paraphrase one of my intellectual heroes — at the same time both too much and not enough.

Proving 0 = 1  [embedded content]

Smoke on the water  [embedded content] The unsurpassed rock MASTERPIECE.

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Don’t let me be misunderstood  [embedded content]

Quand on n’a que l’amour [embedded content] Une grande chanson d’espoir qui touche mon cœur toujours.

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And one day there will be no more frontier (personal) [embedded content] In loving memory of my brother, Peter ‘Uncas’ Pålsson.