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Tag: Sweden
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Hej då, Sverige
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2 min read
As always, the end comes sooner than you think.
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Things I will miss when I leave Sweden
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Skaka loss med Daidalos 4EVA
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10K Ultra (JK)
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1 min read
Anyone who’s known me for longer than five minutes might want to sit down for this post. Today I ran a 10-kilometre race for the first time in my 49 years on this mortal coil. I’m now collapsed on the couch having applied a full bag of peas to my right knee, imbibed an ibuprofen-paracetamol…
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“And Zen nothing turned itself inside out . . . ”
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D/DN: Nu på svenska!
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1 min read
Nu kör vi, eller hur?
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Toxic Gulf
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1 min read
years since the gap first appeared between the teeth of a little girl picking raspberries from her mother’s hand by the poisoned stream a toxic tale of porcelain has traced its tiny fingers round the lines on contour maps (& their bedroom walls they stick our portraits & sit up for haircuts while you look…
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Farstaviken, Värmdö
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1 min read
Another staycation post, on a place where I like to go for a walk but never swim.
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Gustavsberg, Värmdö
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1 min read
This is more a post about staycations but it’s still travel, right?
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Eurovision 2015: Ah, Vienna!
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5 min read
Having watched the 2015 Eurovision final in its entirety, I would agree with the general observation that the entrants this time around were mostly lacking in the somewhat indescribable pizazz that is compulsory if you want to win.
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Åsa Strålande in ‘Tanto’
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13 min read
Tanto is a work of fiction set in present-day Stockholm, and features locations and practices that will be familiar to residents of that city but which may seem strange to non-Swedes (as may the dialogue, which is almost exclusively rendered in Swedish). However, the story also features several fictional venues and—needless to say—characters and is…
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SIPRI Yearbook 2012: its part in my downfall
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2 min read
Heh, heh. Well, not really. But in the spirit of Spike Milligan, one could say that the last six months, during which I’ve been working at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) as an editor, have well and truly opened my eyes to what’s goin’ ahn in this crazy, mixed up world.
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Photo Memories: Karlskrona 2011
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1 min read
In celebration of my impending departure from K-Town, here’s a little gallery of images taken throughout 2011 that, for me anyway, brings back some lovely memoreez …
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Stockholm Calling
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5 min read
Just like a Californian burrito maker, I’ve been preventing myself from spilling the beans by keeping them strictly under wraps (rim-shot!) but now seems as good a moment as any to announce that I will be moving to Stockholm. In ten days.
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Hourly forecast for Karlskrona (Blekinge, Sweden)
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2 min read
While most of my Australian friends sweat it out in typical summer fashion, here’s what we’ve got to look forward to over the next two days:
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Happy St Lucy’s Day!
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1 min read
Today is St Lucy’s Day or, in Swedish, ‘Luciadagen’.