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, June 09, 2011

A Swedish underwear endorsement for the Slate Culture Gabfest

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If you don't listen to the Slate Culture Gabfest , the following won't make much sense, but I need to put it here as it wouldn't...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Bikepacking: first attempts

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Out on the road I've been thinking of doing some cycle touring for years. I like camping and like cycling, so why not do the two to...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Dispatches from the northern front. The Finnish general election of 2011

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What it's all about So most people will have seen the Finnish election result by now. The success of the populist-right wing True F...
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

2011 Rock On

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First rock climbing of the year today; well bouldering actually, but that still counts. Venue: Pihlajamäki , quick drying and convenient, wh...
Sunday, April 03, 2011

End of the season?

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It's pissing rain now, and there hasn't been a frost for the last three nights. There are massive piles of brown and grey snow all o...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Respect My Authoritah!

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Monday's Start the Week from BBC Radio 4 is interesting, as it normally is. But what makes this week's edition particularly delight...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Must all good things come to end?

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I just listened to the last episode of Politics UK on the BBC World Service . This program has been one of the victims of the cuts happenin...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

When democracy protests become "sectarianism".

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Earlier, I listened to Marc Lynch being interviewed on yesterday's Fresh Air about the Libyan situation. Lynch is always worth paying a...
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