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I’m in Finland today, but it was a pleasure to spend time on the other side of the Baltic not long ago with Hands2Ocean, which brings together volunteers to remove junk from Swedish waterways. 🗑️ 💦
My report is in this month’s edition of Scan Magazine.
scanmagazine.co.uk/hands2oce…
🇩🇪 🇸🇪 My examination of ‘Bullerby syndrome’ and why some Germans have an interest in Sweden that verges on the obsessive. 👀
scanmagazine.co.uk/the-bulle…
Nice to be have been reporting from the 🇩🇰 Scandinavian Open Yearling Sale and 🇸🇪 Swedish Yearling and Horses in Training Sale again over the last couple of weeks. Next stop Breeders day at 🇳🇴 Øvrevoll.
On Monocle Radio this morning to discuss the results of Sweden’s general election. 🇸🇪 🗳️
You can hear my piece and more analysis via the link below:
monocle.com/radio/shows/the-…
It was nice to be at the 🇩🇪 Grosser Preis von Berlin last month, after attending ⛵️ Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight.
This weekend it was interesting to explore sites in 🇭🇺 Hungary related to Kincsem, whom I wrote about last year.
Also nice to research her contemporary Kisbér.
🇳🇴 My obituary of King Harald V, who died this morning after a 35-year reign, was broadcast during today’s episode of The Briefing on Monocle Radio.
monocle.com/radio/shows/the-…
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Stortinget har med sorg mottatt budskapet om at Hans Majestet Kong Harald V har gått bort.
– Vi har mistet vår folkekjære konge, og hele nasjonen er i sorg. Kong Harald regjerte i tråd med valgspråket «Alt for Norge», sier stortingspresident Masud Gharahkhani.
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BREAKING: Dolly Parton, a country music legend and cultural icon, has died. She was 80.
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Congratulations, @janniksin! 🇮🇹
Winning here marks greatness. Defence leaves no doubt.
Jannik Sinner is the 2026 Gentlemen's Singles Champion.
#Wimbledon
Congratulations, #LindaNoskova! 🇨🇿
Heart. Desire. Belief.
After a stunning final on Centre Court, Linda Noskova is the 2026 Ladies' Singles Champion
#Wimbledon
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Bonnie Tyler, singer of Total Eclipse of the Heart, dies aged 75 bbc.in/44PnPBs
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David Hockney: a sublime artist — and the life and soul of every party thetimes.com/culture/art/art…
Fun to be at the 🇫🇷 AKTEM Breeze-Up in Maisons-Laffitte last week, and to travel on to Germany for my annual visit to 🇩🇪 Iffezheim.
Today I’m at my first 🇩🇰 Folkemødet on Bornholm.
Nice to write about Greenlandic experiences for Scan Magazine...
…and interesting to examine statistics around 🚬 smoking in Sweden for Monocle Radio (less than 5% of the population now smokes daily).
My report is available on catch up in this episode:
monocle.com/player/?uuid=e61…
It was lovely to spend a day at 🇨🇭 Dielsdorf, just outside Zurich, during a trip to various Swiss cities last weekend.
thoroughbredracing.com/artic…
Always nice to see Karen during my annual pre-Royal Ascot visits to 🇸🇪 Strömsholm.
thoroughbredracing.com/artic…
It was nice to take a trip to ⛴️ Heligoland, and to write about its history and tourism.
discovergermany.com/heligola…
A while until the sales, but Scandinavia’s racing season gets started soon…
Swedish jump racing has faced a 30% cut to its prize money and my interview on that with Anders Herlin of Skandinavisk Hindersport, recorded in Malmö, formed part of yesterday’s Nick Luck Daily episode.
On @Monocle_Radio twice today.
My piece on 🇳🇴 🚘 EVs in Norway, where last year nearly 96% of new cars sold were electric, formed part of The Globalist.
And as 🇩🇰 🗳️ Denmark went to the polls, my piece on its election aired in The Monocle Daily.
Election results are arriving…
