Monthly Archives: September 2010

On Marrying Elvis Presley

Posted on September 14, 2010 by robhunt510

There’s a courtyard view from my hotel room; not looking towards the cathedral but away to another space I’ve not been. Leaving by the front entrance is a confrontational experience, fighting the many who sit in the cafes and restaurants, … Continue reading →

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Strasbourg (1) The Spaces in Between

Posted on September 12, 2010 by robhunt510

It’s warm in Strasbourg, the last days of real summer. Around the cathedral square and along the canals of the old city an influx of visitors are consuming. Wine, cheese, culture. More cheese. The flow around the cathedral is relentless, … Continue reading →

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Diccon Blues

Posted on September 8, 2010 by robhunt510

I’ve done my share of American/English bookshops around the world, from Buenos Aires to Cairo to Budapest. Yeah, I know. It is fair to say that they tend to have a particular vibe to them, particularly at book launches. And … Continue reading →

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Basel: the joy of dances with death

Posted on September 8, 2010 by robhunt510

For my research work at UCL I’ve been reading this year a lot of late sixteenth and early seventeenth century religious texts, protestant and catholic. This is post-reformation media, as it were. It looks to justify, frighten, unify, inspire, confirm … Continue reading →

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A few tales from the Rhine Riverbank, Spoiler Alert: No Wagner Yet

Posted on September 4, 2010 by robhunt510

Quite a lot of my days have started and continued like a tutorial at Oxford. The summoned by bells bit, woken from tired-limbed sleep by honking great church peels, at seven, half past, eight. I am usually human by eight. … Continue reading →

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G-LOST, the fifty kilometre day

Posted on September 3, 2010 by robhunt510

The old town of Brugg, like so many of the smaller places on the trip at this time of the year, wakes with deep sharp shadows, and a sense that the entire population is still at the beach, somewhere else. … Continue reading →

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Im Brugg, No Colin Farrell.

Posted on September 2, 2010 by robhunt510

If there are typos, it is because it is sunny outside the Cafe in Basel I’m posting from. And the IPAD screen is not perfect. Will sort out from Strasbourg. We stay low in Baden, leave the youth hostel and … Continue reading →

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Pussy Galore in Baden

Posted on September 1, 2010 by robhunt510

The rain continues; all night now and into the morning. We leave Zurich’s cafe Schwarzenbach around 10.15 and it’s still pouring. Norbert has an umbrella, I have a soft hat advertising Splugen. Today we are walking the Limmat river to … Continue reading →

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