First and only blogpost about politics

Under normal circumstances this blog is not about politics. Not that politics doesn’t interest me, but I feel that Kulturchok is not the right place for me to discuss political themes. And besides, there are plenty of other bloggers who know a lot more about Danish politics than me. But – Kulturchok is about things [...]

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Evaristti arrested on Mont Blanc

The Danish artist Marco Evaristti (previously mentioned here) has been arrested (again!) – this time on the Mont Blanc, where he is creating his Mont Rouge Project. French police arrived at the “crime scene” in a helicopter at 11 am this morning and arrested Evaristti, because they believe he was about to dump red paint [...]

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Mads Mikkelsen in love affair with Coco Chanel (on film)

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who is known internationally for his role as Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (2006), is to play the Russian composer Igor Stravinskij in a new movie directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection). According to ritzau/Politiken, the film has the working title Igor & Coco, and it’s about the [...]

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Bjarne Riis – from glory to shame

On Friday, Bjarne Riis admitted that he won the Tour de France 1996 using EPO. Like so many Danes, his victory made me interested in cycling, especially Tour de France. In 2005, I went to Paris and attended the finale on Champs-Élysées and got this picture of Riis and his Team CSC (Riis in the [...]

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