Posts from year 2021
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Things to do in Cape Town
As the world slowly exhales and the pandemic loosens its grip, some of us are dusting off our passports, smelling jet-fuel in the morning air and remembering what it’s like to wander.
20 years without the Twin Towers
Twenty years. Long enough for a generation to grow up knowing September 11 only as history. Long enough for airport security to become an elaborate ritual involving belts, shoes, liquids and the quiet surrender of dignity.
Finding art by Jaume Plensa
There are artists whose work belongs inside spotless museums, guarded by polite security staff who become strangely nervous if you lean in too close. Then there’s Jaume Plensa.
Isolation blues
These are icy isolation times in Gothenburg. The temperature has been freezing for weeks and the pandemic threat of Covid-19 is looming over us all.
Review: Smile, You’re Traveling
Today Henry Rollins turns 60. Outside it’s cold, grey and generally hostile to human activity, which seems like an entirely appropriate setting for spending a Saturday indoors with Henry.
The new normal
2020 has been one of the most disruptive years in modern history. In addition to the awful pandemic tragedies, we also saw climate catastrophes, faction wars, violent protests and a batshit crazy (pun intended) president advising his citizens to inject bleach.