A new take on traditional
Mary Murphy
June 11, 2013
Life in the ‘hood is certainly taking a turn for the better. Despite repeated warnings by all and sundry when I first moved to Budapest,
Life in the ‘hood is certainly taking a turn for the better. Despite repeated warnings by all and sundry when I first moved to Budapest,
Notable by its presence I was in Riga, Latvia, last week and it was quite the experience. I know now a lot more about the
Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad food, bad taste, prisons, reformatories, lunatic asylums, divorce, perversion, brutal
One of my favourite TV sitcoms of all time is Cheers! For years I had a thing for that Boston bar, and the incorrigible Sam
There was a time when Szimpla Kert was my last port of call on a night out. When I first arrived in Budapest, it fascinated
I first visited Budapest in December 2003. Shortly afterwards, I wrote this letter about my impressions. The inimitable DLW, who hoards her correspondence, dug it
Somewhere between my mid-20s and my early 30s, the thought of a hot, sudsy bath became more enjoyable than the bath itself. Gone were the
When she died on her thirteenth birthday on St Patrick’s Day in 1887, Hungary mourned its loss. The nation’s flags flew at half-mast and Hungarians
Hate takes effort and energy and, quite frankly, I’m too lazy to expend either on something that offers little reward. There’s some food I’d rather
I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like to be trapped aboard a ship with the same people for days on end.
