On the Third Night - Syria, a Country Where You Didn't Talk Politics - Part II
Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 21 Photo: A Bookshop in Damascus - no Thoughts of President Hafez al-Assad in here Continued...
Observations from Hungary and Central Europe
Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 21 Photo: A Bookshop in Damascus - no Thoughts of President Hafez al-Assad in here Continued...
KesterTester 33 - A few things have changed since this scene was shot that might help date this piccie. I have a really tough one lined...
Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 20 - In one of the Oldest Continously Inhabited Cities in the World, alas, these Ancient Walls...
Photo: Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister: "We are working, the task force is also working. And by this evening, according to...
Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 19 - Steam and Iron Curtain don't Mix, part VI Photo: I have searched through piles of old FTs,...
KesterTester 32 - I suspect this may be one of those annoying images that seem familiar but you just can't put your finger on it. Only...
József Kardos attended the inaugural meeting of Fidesz - an acronym for Alliance of Young Democrats - on 30th March, 1988. He signed up...
Prime Minister Orbán, Friday state radio interview: Healthcare reserves “don't look bad” - with 10,000 plus hospital beds and 1,700...
Steam and Iron Curtain don't Mix - Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 18 Photo: This 1965 Ford Taunus and its proud owner may both...
Continuing our look at Sir Bryan's diplomatic memories in his webinar on March 10 (see post March 18) - hosted by Bradford University and...
KesterTester 31 - Excuse me for the British bias - Consett was an industrial town in the Pennine foothills of NE England with one...
Former British Ambassador to Budapest and Moscow, Sir Bryan Cartledge - long free from Diplomatic Shackles - Talks from Gorbachov via...
Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 17 - Steam and Iron Curtain Don't Mix - part 4: Photo: A concrete fort, on the edge of the...
And Now - 1.3m inoculated - deaths top 17,000 as hospitals struggle with 9,000 Covid patients Photo: 32 years ago today, Hungarians...
KesterTester 30 - Something different this week. These people were all Hungarian MPs at different times, and public figures in the 1990s...
Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) - 16. It's time to cross this bizarre Iron Curtain. Photo: A section of the Czechoslovak border...
Controversy rages over vaccination programme as infections hit new daily record of 7,200 plus Vaccinations Going Well! The photo...
KesterTester 29 - Since it's been sunny of late, this photo seems appropriate for today, even if just as a reminder of how life was...
Part 2: First Forays into Vienna / Lower Austria - Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) - 15 Photo: Strong evening light illuminates...
PM Orbán warns country is facing "toughest two weeks of the pandemic" - urges public to register for inocculation Above: A screen shot...