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Bridging Europe Culture Festival, Budapest, Until 16 September
- 12 Sep 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Bridging Europe arts festival will focus on German culture during its four-day programme starting on Sept. 10 this year. The festival organised for the second time by the Palace of Arts and the Budapest Festival Orchestra seeks to find connections between Hungarian culture and the cultures of other countries through music. Last year the Czech Republic was in focus.
Xpat Interview: Dr. Jennifer Walker, Freelance Writer & Journalist
- 10 Sep 2014 12:00 PM
Jennifer is an ex-nuclear physicist turned freelance travel writer and cultural journalist. Originally from the UK, Jennifer comes from a mixed background of British and Hungarian heritage. Born in Epsom, Surrey, to an English father and Hungarian mother, Jennifer grew up between East Sussex and Budapest, infusing her with a wanderlust and a fascination for other cultures.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Liberals At A Loss About State Honours To Kertész
- 1 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-liberal writer thinks the government has managed to baffle the opposing camp by decorating Nobel Prize winning author Imre Kertész. His conservative counterpart believes this was a win-win game for both sides and a contribution to bridging deep-set divisions.
Budapest Writers’ Lab
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Basics of Writing Fiction is a 10-week course devoted to 1) studying the elements of fiction and 2) putting that knowledge into practice. The class will be as much about discussing theory and technique as about cultivating a regular habit of working. Participants will be expected to write every week, both in and out of the session. When a student has a piece they are comfortable sharing, ...
Laugh, Brody, Laugh! – English Courtyard Comedy, Budapest, 27 August
- 19 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
On Wednesday 27 August, Brody Studios features the third in the series of English comedy nights this time hosted by Paul B Edwards, self styled rock & roll poet and comedian. Paul, a regular at the Jongleurs and Highlight Comedy Clubs, has performed at major UK music festivals and headlined Reading and compered for V Festival Leeds. He promotes and hosts his own monthly shows and has hosted ...
Award For Hungarian Nobel Prize Writer Kertész Sparks Controversy
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Both Jobbik and some left-wing liberals reacted with dismay to the news that Nobel Prize novelist Imre Kertész will be given the St. Stephen Award, the nation’s highest official honour on August 20.
Writers Come To Blows In Tokaj Bar In Hungary
- 15 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Poet and former LMP politician Endre Kukorelly suffered serious injuries when a fellow writer from Transylvania, Levente Csender, knocked him down at a Tokaj writers camp in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Szentmihályi Does Not Wish To Be Hungary’s Ambassador
- 28 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Magyar Hírlap staff writer Péter Szabó Szentmihályi officially informed the Foreign Ministry on Friday that he does not wish to take any ambassadorial post.
Xpat Opinion: Review Of Hugh Laurie Concert In Budapest
- 22 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Had he asked us to strip naked and hop on one leg while pretending to play the accordion, most of us would have been starkers before we gave it a second thought. Such is the mesmerising power of Hugh Laurie, a man who is right up there on my list of all time sexiest men in the world. Be still my beating heart…
Bridging Europe Culture Festival, Budapest, Until 16 September
- 12 Sep 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Bridging Europe arts festival will focus on German culture during its four-day programme starting on Sept. 10 this year. The festival organised for the second time by the Palace of Arts and the Budapest Festival Orchestra seeks to find connections between Hungarian culture and the cultures of other countries through music. Last year the Czech Republic was in focus.
Xpat Interview: Dr. Jennifer Walker, Freelance Writer & Journalist
- 10 Sep 2014 12:00 PM
Jennifer is an ex-nuclear physicist turned freelance travel writer and cultural journalist. Originally from the UK, Jennifer comes from a mixed background of British and Hungarian heritage. Born in Epsom, Surrey, to an English father and Hungarian mother, Jennifer grew up between East Sussex and Budapest, infusing her with a wanderlust and a fascination for other cultures.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Liberals At A Loss About State Honours To Kertész
- 1 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-liberal writer thinks the government has managed to baffle the opposing camp by decorating Nobel Prize winning author Imre Kertész. His conservative counterpart believes this was a win-win game for both sides and a contribution to bridging deep-set divisions.
Budapest Writers’ Lab
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Basics of Writing Fiction is a 10-week course devoted to 1) studying the elements of fiction and 2) putting that knowledge into practice. The class will be as much about discussing theory and technique as about cultivating a regular habit of working. Participants will be expected to write every week, both in and out of the session. When a student has a piece they are comfortable sharing, ...
Laugh, Brody, Laugh! – English Courtyard Comedy, Budapest, 27 August
- 19 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
On Wednesday 27 August, Brody Studios features the third in the series of English comedy nights this time hosted by Paul B Edwards, self styled rock & roll poet and comedian. Paul, a regular at the Jongleurs and Highlight Comedy Clubs, has performed at major UK music festivals and headlined Reading and compered for V Festival Leeds. He promotes and hosts his own monthly shows and has hosted ...
Award For Hungarian Nobel Prize Writer Kertész Sparks Controversy
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Both Jobbik and some left-wing liberals reacted with dismay to the news that Nobel Prize novelist Imre Kertész will be given the St. Stephen Award, the nation’s highest official honour on August 20.
Writers Come To Blows In Tokaj Bar In Hungary
- 15 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Poet and former LMP politician Endre Kukorelly suffered serious injuries when a fellow writer from Transylvania, Levente Csender, knocked him down at a Tokaj writers camp in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Szentmihályi Does Not Wish To Be Hungary’s Ambassador
- 28 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Magyar Hírlap staff writer Péter Szabó Szentmihályi officially informed the Foreign Ministry on Friday that he does not wish to take any ambassadorial post.
Xpat Opinion: Review Of Hugh Laurie Concert In Budapest
- 22 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Had he asked us to strip naked and hop on one leg while pretending to play the accordion, most of us would have been starkers before we gave it a second thought. Such is the mesmerising power of Hugh Laurie, a man who is right up there on my list of all time sexiest men in the world. Be still my beating heart…