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March 11, 2015

The Womens March 1915

I know it is a bit late, after all the International Women's Day was Sunday, but I am going to use the occasion to post a few photos related to womens suffrage in Denmark. Most of these photos are taken at the great

March 4, 2015

Gandalf the Slow

"Even the wise cannot see all ends" But the wise should be able to see some ends, or at least know basic math! Yet it seems that Gandalf cannot make simple deductions, to a level that not even a heavy consumption of

February 14, 2015

Frederik – A Biography of N.F.S. Grundtvig

I am currently reading a biography of Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, written by Ebbe Kløvedal Reich. In this highly unorthodox book, Ebbe Kløvedal Reich deals with many themes other than simply Grundtvig, and t

January 14, 2015

Til Min Ven, digteren Gustaf Munch-Petersen, der faldt som Frivillig i Spanien

This is quite possible my favourite poem, ever... It is an elegy written by Tom Kristensen, to his friend, the poet Gustaf Munch-Petersen that joined the international brigades in the Spanish Civil War. I have added my o

Lines Written on Hearing of the Surrender of Copenhagen

A Poem that bemoans the perceived national loss of honour, printed on the 14th of October, 1807. The glory of Albion is tarnish’d with shame, And the field of her might is the bourn of her fame; Her gian

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