Rant of the day

DANISH UNEMPLOYMENT By some other countries' standards, Denmark has a low level of unemployment, just 4.8%. However, that figure is no...

ELECTION FEVER (7) Yesterday Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced his government, which was even narrower than I expected . It will consist of h...

GREECE (9) I haven't written about Greece for some years . Mainly because the long-running tragedy has been going on for so long, but ...

ELECTION FEVER (6) As I thought  might be the case, the forces pulling apart the four right of centre parties that won last week's gen...

PUBLIC LIBRARIES Sometimes an idea comes along that is (with hindsight) so obvious that not only is it accepted immediately, but everyone ...

FREE SCHOOLS (4) Consolidation in the Danish school sector continues apace, with the number of free schools creeping up. Since I last wrot...

CULTURAL DISSONANCE I have been to two completely different cultural experiences at the local cinema during the past 24 hours. Yesterday...