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The youngest member of the Meyer-Syll family — Hedda. And yes — Ibsen is one of yours truly’s favourite dramatists …
. I loved this song when I first heard it twenty years ago. I still do.
Yours truly is helping to prepare our youngest daughter with mathematics for her Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (Högskoleprovet) in a few weeks, and recommended this excellently pedagogical presentation on how to solve problems related to circular permutations:
. One of the greatest concerts of all time. With tears in my eyes, I notice that it still after more than twenty years takes my breath away. George Harrison (1943-2001). R.I.P.
Lars Syll har en blogg som läses av många runtom i världen och är även aktiv på Twitter, två anledningar bakom hans placering på listan bland världens mest inflytelserika ekonomer. På bloggen växlar han mellan att skriva på de fem språk han kan, svenska, franska, tyska, italienska och engelska och beskriver sig själv som en renässansmänniska […]
Like Arvo Pärt’s music, Ola Gjeilo’s gives a sense of connecting with a world beyond the world. O Magnum Mysterium, with its choral textures shifting between unison singing, polyphony, and homophony, manages to convey the profound serene beauty and mystery of our human existence. Gjeilo’s masterpiece has been recorded dozens of times. This is the […]
. One of the greatest movie scenes ever. Both the movie and soundtrack of this magnificent classic are epic. In loving memory of my brother, Peter ‘Uncas’ Pålsson.
. In loving memory of Bengt Nilsson — a friend non plus ultra. A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you