Category Archives: stockholm

luscious green in the heart of stockholm

Djurgården – a little island in the heart of Stockholm – is one of my favourite places. I love it partly because it is like a hidden treasure in the middle of the bustling city – just like Central Park … Continue reading

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fragments from the cruellest month

As Eliot puts it: “Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow…” The late Swedish poet Karin Boye is another poet who has expressed the painful drama of spring exquisitely in her famous poem Of Course It Hurts (Visst gör … Continue reading

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