Tag Archives: Varia

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For those of us who can’t get enough of English eccentrics, Brewer’s Rogues, Villains, Eccentrics by William Donaldson is probably the funniest book ever written. I mean, just to take one example, where else would you find an entry like this one? Carlton, Sydney (1949- ), painter and decorator. Those who argue that bestiality should be treated with understanding had a setback in 1998 when Carlton, a married man from Bradford, was sentenced to a year in prison for having intercourse with a...

After almost forty years in Lund, yours truly last year returned to the town where he was born and bred — Malmö. Taking a stroll in the neighbourhood with the dog further convinced me returning was a good decision …

Still on top after 50 (private)  [embedded content] My dear parents took me to the cinemas to watch this awesome musical back in 1966. I was eight years old — and of course I fell hopelessly in love with Maria. I think I still am …

Thank God Eric Schüldt is back! I dessa tider — när ljudrummet dränks i den kommersiella radions tyckmyckentrutade ordbajseri och fullständigt intetsägande melodifestivalskval — har man ju nästan gett upp. Men det finns ljus i mörkret! I radions P2 går varje lördagmorgon ett vederkvickelsens och den seriösa musikens Lördagsmorgon i P2. Så passa på och börja dagen med en musikalisk örontvätt och rensa hörselgångarna från kvarvarande musikslagg. Här kan man till exempel lyssna på musik av...

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Sherlock Holmes på besök i högskolevärlden På en av landets största högskolor kunde man igår på dess hemsida läsa att “Bra studiemiljö positivt för studieresultatet.” Woah! Vem hade kunnat ana det …

And the waltz goes on  [embedded content] (h/t Jeanette Meyer) Absolutely fabulous!!

I d’pluck a fair rose for my love (private)  [embedded content]

 [embedded content]  [embedded content] The world’s greatest composer of contemporary classical music, Arvo Pärt, was 80 yesterday. A day without listening to his music would be unimaginable.