My little stalking pony, frontiersman, supporter of Croatian nationalism and extoller of 'Operation Storm', Marko Attila Hoare, is back with what he describes as a "measured" 4,000 word review of pp 190-212 of my book, The Liberal Defence of Murder. As Hoare writes, these pages concern his "own area...

Family Holidays 1 Swap Corfu for ... Korcula A long-time family favourite, Corfu offers an ideal mix of bustling resorts, long sandy beaches and stunning Venetian architecture in Corfu town. The Croatian island of Korcula, however, can match it on almost every front - wooded hills, unspoilt beaches ...

Do you remember the Facebook group “I bet I can find 1,000,000 people who dislike George Bush!“? The group easily attracted more than a million people with Facebook members joining willingly and spreading the group’s popularity virally to all their friends. It all looked like an in...

Bulgarian archaeologists unearth well-preserved ancient chariot SOFIA A- A bronze chariot dating to the second century AD has been unearthed in a Thracian burial mound in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists ......

I’m trying to work out the motivation behind the site ‘Become a Croatian Fan‘ but decided to just give up and go with it. It a very funny site, dedicated to all things Croatian footbally, giving poor English fans (it definitely seems to be focusing on them rather than the rest of t...

I'm looking for flea markets in Europe. Specifically we will be going through Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia (Sarajevo), Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland (Krakow) before settling in France, but any other suggestions in Europe are welcome. I'm interested in the kind of flea m...

[AHHR #20 Wouldn't you like to be a ninja to?] [ Download ]  1hr 42Mins 51Secs [zShare Stream/Download] Warning: Unedited Hip-Hop Explicit Lyrics and excessive use of the dreaded 'N' word.   Welcome Daniel Nikolic April Fools Joke Nas' 'Be a Nigger To' KRS-ONE hit with bottle at peace conc...

A marketing publication emailed me an excellent set of questions about branding prior to a speaking engagement in Croatia. Here are the interesting questions about everything from profitability to social engagement and my responses: A lot of authors who are researching brands seem to think that bran...

One way to know about a culture, is to see how they celebrate and why. Many countries share a common festival, the carnival, and each country gives a distinctive flavour to the celebration. Carnival usually takes place during the weeks prior to Lent in Catholic countries, and it's usually a time...

Seems everyone is riveted to news reports about the presidential campaign here. Everyone, that is, except some folks at the United Nations, where persistent chatter has it that Zalmay Khalilzad, our ambassador to the U.N., is also thinking of running for president . . . of Afghanistan....