What happens when Chinese street artists draw a foreigner’s portrait
Street artists in China draw my portrait, though not well
Reading the Atlantic on Facebook in Tunisia
It is the apolitical nature of Facebook that makes it useful to political activists
What the Tunisia revolution looked like
Big, powerful images of the revolution in Tunisia from the Boston Globe’s site ‘The Big Picture’
Chabrawichi 555 cologne: Cairo, Egypt, 1998
An Egyptian cologne that in enclosed spaces tends to linger almost in perpetuity
Reading Slate on the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia
In Tunisia it may be Jasmine but in Lebanon it wasn’t really Cedar
The global change in health and wealth over 200 years
A Swedish mathematician illustrates the global change in health and wealth over the last 200 years
Debonair portrait: Pontremoli, Italy, 1920
A debonair young man in the 1920s sends his greetings to a lady
Reading Ian Buruma on the division of Belgium
In the New Yorker, Ian Buruma misses the historical origins of the divide in Belgium
Portrait of a couple: Florence, Italy, c1900
A couple on the outskirts of Florence have their portrait taken in the early-1900s
New Italy photos now online
Just back from a couple months in Italy and the new photos are now online
So, is Ghent really better than Antwerp and Bruges?
Sean’s Ghent article in Travel + Leisure sparks controversy as local partisans weigh in
