Northern Light – chilled thoughts from the top of Europe

"Let it be one cheerful rational voice amidst the din of mourners and polemics." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1840. A Brit-in-Helsinki's blog about global politics, climbing, cycling, things that annoy me and other bits of life. But not necessarily in that order.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Blogging from Brussels

›
Half a pig and dijonaise sauce - yummy Spring time in the heart of Europe I like Brussels, which is just as well as it seems to be about the...
1 comment:
Sunday, February 24, 2008

Climate Changed

›
Yesterday, I passed a somewhat sad milestone, and with a quick trip to Rollarit have now rock climbed in Finland during every month of the...
1 comment:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

al-Qaeda as "a post-modern pastiche"

›
This week's " Start the Week " on Radio 4 was a cracker, but Prof. Madawi Al Rasheed was particularly great. I don't thin...
1 comment:

Icey Manoeuvres in Dark

›
If you don't get the title, you're not of a certain age I guess... Ice climbing at Helsinki Airport last night. Thanks to Tony for t...
1 comment:
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The weather, climate change and the British Climbing press

›
I keep moaning about how different the weather is this winter, but according to Helsingin Sanomat we should expect more of the same in the f...
1 comment:

Mean... but funny.

›
You can tell that the photographer had to get down on his knees to get the angle right on this one. From the Economist where, as ever, they...
Sunday, February 17, 2008

Weekend climbing photo essay: Tony scares us with death-defying antics

›
A slightly wintery Finland (all photos 'clickable' for larger resolution versions) My mate and regular climbing partner, Tony, has b...
2 comments:
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Flying business class to the sixth form disco

›
A few years back I had a cool job working for the UN Environment Programme. The pay was pretty crap and the work was hard, but I guess you ...
1 comment:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Toby - Northern Light Blog
Helsinki, Finland
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.