Tag Archives: baltic

Magnetic North

April 16, 2008 – 1:02 pm

Johnathan Meades is surely a great contemporary commentator on art and culture. His latest programme Magnetic North is an engaging look at what makes Northern Europe distinct from Southern Europe and why we shouldn’t always automatically look south for our inspiration. The last part covers Helsinki really nicely but its worth watching through in its [...]

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Northern Shores by Alan Palmer

June 19, 2007 – 4:37 pm

Northern Shores by Alan Palmer, A history of the Baltic Sea and its Peoples.
This book covers a potentially fascinating topic. The Northern Sea of Europe the Baltic compared to the more famous and glamorous Southern Sister the Mediterranean gets overlooked. But Its a worthy topic for a book to try to redress this balance a [...]

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