Alienating tourists
Mary Murphy
September 27, 2013
There’s a small part of me that has the makings of a conspiracy theorist. I have what I like to think of as a healthy
There’s a small part of me that has the makings of a conspiracy theorist. I have what I like to think of as a healthy
In Szeged last weekend for Porgy and Bess, I was followed by a feeling of disquiet the whole time I was there. It was as
How I had lived this long and not seen Porgy and Bess is beyond me. Summertime is one of my favourite songs but I had
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,
I’m quite partial to a good market. The more flea-ridden the better. I’ve travelled in search of some, sought out others, and just happened across
Back in 2002, I was in Carlow in the Dinn Rí nightclub. This fellah with a very fla’ (read: flat!) midlands accent asked me out
I first heard of Tapolca when I worked on Marton Laszló’s autobiography shortly after I first came to Hungary. It’s the town where he was
‘Do you mind me asking how old you are? he said. ‘How old do you think?’ I replied. ‘I can’t see how you could be
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
