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Author: Patrick Brigham

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The Invisible Bulgarian President

November 4, 2016 Patrick Brigham

Recently listening to an interesting podcast discussion, by Clive Leviev-Sawyer and Lance Nelson – concerning the forthcoming Bulgarian presidential election

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Hillary and Donald’s ‘Punch & Judy Show’

October 22, 2016 Patrick Brigham

Some comedian recently asked on British TV, apropos the loutish and androgynous Donald Trump: “Why would American voters want to

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The Balkan Blog: Sing A Song of Sixpence

October 8, 2016 Patrick Brigham

‘Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie. When the

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The Balkan Blog: To Think and Inherit The Wind?

September 23, 2016September 23, 2016 Patrick Brigham

Directed by Stanley Kramer, Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 US Scopes Monkey Trial which resulted

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The Balkan Blog: Greece – living in the shadow of Europe

September 18, 2016 Patrick Brigham Greece

Until the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU, Greece was on its own. Since the 1920s, it had

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The Balkan Blog: Is Greece at the tipping point?

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 Patrick Brigham Greece

The very north of Greece might well be “The Yardstick” by which we can measure the reality of living in

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The Balkan Blog: The Gordons come to Bulgaria

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 Patrick Brigham

People generally take a lot for granted, especially concerning ex-communist countries. They often think that by reading a particular rag

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The Balkan Blog: Foreign muck – how can you eat it?

September 7, 2016 Patrick Brigham Brexit

There was a ‘Round Our Ken’ comedy sketch on radio, many years ago, with Kenneth Williams and Betty Marsden. Ken

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The Balkan Blog: Be an Ambler Gambler

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Patrick Brigham

In my last three murder mystery novels, certain critics have noted a similarity between my writing style and that of

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