Tag Archives: Culture

See sequestered salacious montage here!

Posted on January 23, 2014 by David Brussat

An anonymous donor responded to a challenge in an earlier post about the Chinese newspaper headquarters and the proposed soccer stadium (read it here), and sent me the above image, exclaiming that the challenge was “too easy.” The image is … Continue reading →

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Lukacs on winter in Budapest

Posted on January 13, 2014 by David Brussat

I skip over a paragraph laden with dark history and continue with John Lukacs’s description of winter in the Budapest of 1900: And then, one morning – it would come as early as in the third week of November, and … Continue reading →

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More Lukacs on Budapest

Posted on January 13, 2014 by David Brussat

My heart lifts at news that four Hungarians this morning have “viewed” my post of historian John Lukacs’s description of Budapest in 1900. To reward them, here is more from that passage: Summer was hot, hotter than in Vienna, sultry … Continue reading →

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John Lukacs on Budapest

Posted on January 12, 2014 by David Brussat

This post is a naked attempt to get Hungary onto the list of nations provided to WordPress bloggers to give them an idea of where their posts are being read. I am a quarter Hungarian and my wife Victoria is … Continue reading →

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