Swing time
Det kan skyldes, at jeg ikke tidligere har læst Zadie Smith – hvorfor jeg aldrig fik læst White Teeth, ved jeg virkelig ikke – men… Læs mere »Swing time
England
Persuasion – Jane Austens sidste roman (1818)
Jeg læste (lyttede til) denne, fordi den blev anbefalet i en anden roman (The Enlightenment of Nina Findley). På den måde kunne jeg krydse et… Læs mere »Persuasion – Jane Austens sidste roman (1818)
IT-kriminelle tager dine filer og fotos som gidsler
En usædvanlig kraftig advarsel fra det britiske National Crime Agency fortæller om en meget ubehagelig scam, som angiveligt breder sig som en løbeild på britiske… Læs mere »IT-kriminelle tager dine filer og fotos som gidsler
End of a Year
Hasn’t it been a strange year? It has for me. Started at a low, but ended well. Lots of ups and downs along the way.… Læs mere »End of a Year
Back in the Native Land
Better known as Denmark. Denmark is the kind of country where one of the most publicised points in the new Plan to Save the Country… Læs mere »Back in the Native Land
What's for tea?
The first many times I heard this, I quietly wondered to myself, What do they mean? Earl Grey or Darjeeling? Slowly it dawned on me… Læs mere »What's for tea?
Cold
With this image all is said about what was talked about in Great Britain in the first week of 2010. The Weather. Dane’s school closed,… Læs mere »Cold
Friendless in a Foreign Country
I like to overdo it a bit in my headlines. Do forgive. But – when I first left Denmark and came over here I never… Læs mere »Friendless in a Foreign Country
Antagonism
Do you know that weird and distinctly unpleasant feeling when somebody around you actively dislikes you? There’s a mother in my son’s new school who… Læs mere »Antagonism
Like walking in water
is what my intellectual life has felt like lately. I’ve read a lot of very inspiring stuff but felt completely incapable of commenting on it… Læs mere »Like walking in water
Religious zeal – or what's worse
Politics: An interview with Hanif Kureishi about what has happened to the world since the fatwa against Salman Rushdie‘s The Satanic Verses. It’s very interesting… Læs mere »Religious zeal – or what's worse
Musings before Mother's Day
Feminism: It being Mother’s Day tomorrow, the Times has asked six women, mainly writers, to write a letter to their children at 21 (they all… Læs mere »Musings before Mother's Day
Incentives for children & something about books
This discussion is probably eternal and will never be solved. I was deadset against that kind of thing – until I got my own children…… Læs mere »Incentives for children & something about books
How social networking must be corrupting our children…
because it’s not our fault, is it? The British papers are all running after Baroness & neuroscientist Susan Greenfield today. She has a message that… Læs mere »How social networking must be corrupting our children…
Procrastination
is another word I like a lot. My dear old Dad, bless him, has often said that the word procrastination defines him. I think that’s… Læs mere »Procrastination
Serendipity
I just love that word, don’t you? Always looking for a chance to use it and tonight, while the boys were watching football, it presented… Læs mere »Serendipity
Culture clash
OK, so it was a lot of snow. It really was. And I was fully sympathetic with the schools for closing on the Monday –… Læs mere »Culture clash
Money for nothing
is a song I hate. It’s so playing up to the little man’s envy or whatever you call it. But that was what I thought… Læs mere »Money for nothing
