Sitemap - 2022 - Contrarium

We'll always have Paris

Merry Christmas to all!

Argentina, again

Latin America: in turmoil again?

The greatest films of all time?

Ho ho ho! Christmas Markets are back

A short note on bats and "pipistrellos"

Is the decadence of religion bad for women?

The end of the "age of abundance"?

In search of beauty

E La Nave Va...

Bicycle Thieves

The end of Covid?

America, Land of Freedom(s)

Escape from New York

About "Geist", hedgehogs and foxes

Why are our democratic leaders so undemocratic?

We are all children whom time separates

Childless in Europe

"Sweden was right about lockdowns"

Anne-Laure Bonnel, war documentarist

Falkands: memories of another war

It's the economy, stupid?

War, children, and Soviet Russia

Cancelling Art

Tarkovsky's "The Sacrifice" (Offret)

Everything is propaganda

Nikita Mikhalkov on Russia vs Ukraine

"And you'll be happy"

War and Peace

More about Ukraine: seeing all sides

Anti-travelogue: Ukraine

Fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through the fog and filthy air.

It's the end of democracy as we know it (but I feel fine)

Anti-travelogue: Karl-Marx-Stadt

The play: Strindberg, Ibsen, Munch

What's going on in Canada?

Back to the new normal

Sweden. Day 40. Epilogue.

Sweden. Day 39. My three answers.

Sweden. Day 38. Skål.

Sweden. Day 37. Lagom.

Sweden. Day 36. The road ahead

Sweden. Day 35. Curtain.

"Three questions about Sweden"

Sweden. Day 34. I saw the sun.

Sweden. Day 33. The sad end of all things.

Sweden. Day 32. Swedish hospitality.

Sweden. Day 31. Ghosts.

Sweden. Day 30. Snow, squirrels and sea eagles.

Sweden. Day 29. City time and country time.

Sweden. Day 28. Windy Björkö.

Sweden. Day 27. Uppsala: runes and rain.

Sweden. Day 26. Strindberg's Stockholm.

Sweden. Day 25. Swedish faces.

Sweden. Day 24. Arholma. Swedish Twin Peaks?

Sweden. Day 23. The funny Swedish language

Sweden. Day 22. Politics, and a new walk.

Sweden. Day 21. Sagas.

Sweden. Day 20. Tiny houses.

Sweden. Day 19. Three birds and a funeral.

Sweden. Day 18. Älmsta. Books and fika.

Sweden. Day 17. The tragedy of the washing machine.

Sweden. Day 16. Turning point.

Sweden. Day 15. Art for Art's Sake.

Sweden. Day 14. Aurora borealis.

Sweden. Day 13. Scenes from marriages.

Sweden. Day 12. The sound of a tree falling.

Sweden. Day 11. What a difference a day makes.

Benefits of living in a school

Sweden. Day 10. Cows and horses.

Are politicians mentally ill?

Sweden. Day 9. Animals.

Sweden. Day 8. Adventures with groceries and recycling.

Good news on the "war on viruses" front

Sweden. Day 7. The Silence of God.

Sweden. Day 6. Walking over thin ice.

Sweden. Day 5. Meeting some locals.

How to Survive the Winter in Sweden

No one cares about freedom

Sweden. Day 4. Fifty Shades of Ice.

Sweden. Day 3. Ghost Stories.

Sweden. Day 2. The Sea.

Sweden: Day 1. The travel.

And now for something completely different

"Live not by lies"

Back to the future