Rant of the day

KARMA Most societies have some concept of karma, where a person's actions influence what happens to that person in the future. "A...

CARL NIELSEN Denmark is not a country that you would automatically associate with classical composers. Germany, Italy, France, even Norway...

FLIGHT TO THE CITIES (4) The expression "udkants Danmark" (Denmark on the edge) is back on the agenda. There is a marked populat...

WATER It's been warm and wet in Denmark all winter. Not Costa del Sol warm, but warmer than you would expect. Snow and ice have been m...

A NEW PASSPORT I have had to get a new passport. The old one didn't run out until August, but I am going to China at the end of March,...

NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES A couple of years ago , the Danish central bank issued bonds with a negative interest rate. Since negative nominal...

KAL KAL is the pen-name for the American cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher. I know him best from his cartoons in the Economist, who recruited hi...