Thursday, January 01, 2015

The 2014-50: No.50 - No.41

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No.50:  "She's After My Piano" - 2Fabiola featuring Loredana. They say you should never go back.  Proof of this was Ovi a...

The 2014-50: an introduction

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Welcome to 2015!  But before we get the chance to write on the blank page of a new year, it's time to publish my annual year-end chart. ...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

Merry Christmas!

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Good evening!  Hope you've all been enjoying Christmas Day. I had previously written on here about the Gävle Goat http://europecrazy.blo...
Monday, December 22, 2014

2014-50 delayed

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Hi folks, just popped in to let you know that I'd hoped to start publishing my annual year-end chart by now, but I've not been too w...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Strictly past caring?

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Last night saw TV presenter Caroline Flack and her professional partner Pasha Kovalev lift the glitterball trophy.  The couple are this y...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

NRJ Music Awards 2014

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Once upon a time, the annual NRJ Music Awards used to take place every January in conjunction with the MIDEM festival in Cannes. But these d...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

The Trogir Diaries: Day 7 - Saturday 20th September 2014: thunder and lightning holding hands

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The storm after the calm. It's been a terrible, rain-soaked summer on the Dalmatian coast, which lasted up to the week before our holi...
Tuesday, December 09, 2014

The Trogir Diaries: Day 6 - Friday 19th September 2014: the morning after

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We wake to the news of the referendum result: 55% voted no, 45% voted yes.  So I'm in a somewhat gloomy mood on hearing the news.  One o...
Sunday, December 07, 2014

The Trogir Diaries: Day 5 - Thursday 18th September 2014: to split or not to split?

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A momentous day.  It's the day of the Scottish independence referendum (for which we've both postal-voted in advance) and the big de...

Lisa Ajax is Sweden's new Idol

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(picture courtesy of www.sydsvenskan.se) The 10th series of Swedish Idol ended on Friday night with Lisa Ajax beating Mollie Lindén in ...

Here's a Christmas tradition you've "goat" to see

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I love finding out about the various Christmas traditions across Europe.  One of these is the Gävlebocken - the Gävle goat - which is a v...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

The Trogir Diaries: Day 4 - Wednesday 17th September 2014

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After yesterday's epic day, we've decided not to book any more lengthy day trips on this holiday. Prior to the holiday I had fancied...