Category Archives: Romania

An Englishman in love with Bucharest’s blowsy charms

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Luke Ford

Paul Wood blogs: 25 reasons why I love living in Romania, in no particular order The lack of diversity, although things become more pluralistic. Despite the terrible damage that Communism did to this country, which it maimed, there is still … Continue reading →

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Surrounded by Jew-Haters

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Luke Ford

For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian, translated from the Romanian by Philip Ó Ceallaigh London: Penguin, 231 pp., £9.99 (paper) John Banville writes: In his Journal 1935–44, Mihail Sebastian, lawyer, journalist, novelist, playwright, left a profound and moving record … Continue reading →

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The Legion of the Archangel Michael

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Luke Ford

I appreciate it when people grapple with their character defects. I am grateful when they have a sense of their destructive tendencies. I’m relieved when they have an accurate perception of themselves and of their tendencies. I think the people … Continue reading →

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