If you haven't been living under a rock for the past month or so, you'll probably be aware of a game called Pokémon Go. I'm not ashamed to say that I've been a fan of Pokémon since I was about ten years old and I got a copy of Pokémon Red to take on holiday … Continue reading Gotta catch ’em all!
When I sat down to write this month's post, I initially wanted to write something about Brexit. I made a couple of attempts but honestly, I have to admit that I just don't have the words - I could write about the feeling of betrayal and disconnection I and many others of my generation feel … Continue reading Scandinavian for beginners, part 2
Disclaimer: This post contains some fairly graphic descriptions of events and sights that some readers may find disturbing. If you think you are likely to be offended or upset by such, my advice would be not to read further. Recently, I went to the south of Poland with family. While we mostly spent our time … Continue reading Industrial-scale evil
The Eurovision Song Contest is like Christmas. It feels like you spend the entire year looking forward it, but before you know it, it's already over. It was a tradition on my old blog to publish a write-up, and go through my top ten songs from this year's contest, and I'd like to continue that … Continue reading Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Det kan godt være at i allerede har bemærket det her, for dem jeg kender i virkeligheden kommer det sikkert ikke som nogen overraskelse, men jeg er måske lidt besat af sprog. Folk spørger mig ganske ofte, om jeg har tænkt mig at lære alle sprog, der findes på kloden. Men jeg har en mørk … Continue reading En verden uden for Europa
As any of you who have been reading this blog for the past few months may have noticed, this is my first post in English. There will be more in the future, but as I’m mostly using this blog as an exercise to provide reading material for people and as a place to host discussion … Continue reading Scandinavian for beginners, part 1
Ett par dagar sen valde Storbritannien sitt bidrag till Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Jag kollade tävlingen (som bestod av bara 6 bidrag) med en kompis som älskar Eurovision ännu mer än jag gör - vilket säger en hel del. Hela grejen var ganska förhastad, och då vinnaren tillkännagavs så sa min kompis något som jag … Continue reading En melodi för hela Europa
Her i England og andre deler av verden hvor de skandinaviske språkene snakkes bare av en liten minoritet av utenlandsboende og språknørder, er nordiske TV-serier (eller 'Nordic Noir' som dette blitt modig til å kalle dem for) på oppsving. Takket være suksessen av svenske og danske serier som Bron/Broen, Borgen og Forbrydelsen, har det blitt nesten garantert at det … Continue reading Ikke så langt borte i en ikke så fjern framtid
Ibland kan det vara svårt att börja om. Om man har använt så mycket tid på ett projekt, så kan det kännas som man bara har slösat bort sin tid när det är dags för att gå vidare till ett nytt. Som ni kanske redan vet, har jag skrivit en blogg i nästan tre år nu - men det … Continue reading En bra början
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