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When visiting my children in Stockholm, I nowadays find myself unable to resist visiting Stefan Nilsson’s grave at Katarina Churchyard on Söder. Stefan’s brief, sorrowful tones have, over the years, become part of my everyday life. His music for Bille August’s and Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece The Best Intentions is among the most beautiful and evocative […]

. Steve Winwood’s voice still gives me goosebumps after sixty years. Absolutely fabulous!

All Saints’ Weekend is typically a time in Sweden when candles are lit in the churchyards. Like many others on this beautiful autumn day, I made my way to the churchyard to remember and honour loved ones. The Eastern Churchyard in Lund is a place that, over the years, has come to mean so much […]

. Dammi il tuo vino leggeroChe hai fatto quando non c’eroE le lenzuola di linoDammi il sonno di un bambinoChe fa, sogna (sogna) cavalli e si gira (gira)E un po’ di lavoroFammi abbracciare una donna che stira cantando(Ti amo) e poi fatti un po’ prendere in giro (ti amo, ti amo)Prima di fare l’amore (ti […]

. Första gången jag hörde Ted Gärdestad var jag fjorton år gammal. Han var en av min ungdoms stora idoler. Det är han fortfarande.

To all my brothers and sisters in Ukraine, who have stood strong against the Russian invasion for more than 40 months: May God be with you.

Östra kyrkogården i Lund är en plats som med åren kommit att betyda mycket för mig. Hit har jag kommit många gånger för att söka tröst och vila för min själ. Tre av de människor jag älskat mest i mitt liv ligger begravda här — min älskade Kristina, min bror Peter, och min vän Bengt. […]

So what should we do when Trump decides to boost import duties on French champagne and cognac by a cool 200 percent? Celebrate! Because then we can finally have the wonderful French champagne, around ten percent of which has been going to the United States, all to ourselves. We no longer must ship it laboriously […]

. På 60- och 70-talen hade vi den geniale Tage Danielsson. Claes Eriksson är den ende av dagens entertainers som kan mäta sig med honom.