Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Archive for June 2025

Östermalm

Östermalm is bordered on the south by Strandvägen, north by Valhalla Avenue, east by Diplomatstaden.

Diplomatstaden

Between Norra Djurgården and Strandvägen is Embassy town, an area containing a number of embassies for various countries.

Ladugårdsgårdet

Over Djurgårdsbrunnsbron from Rosendals Slott is the area of Ladugårdsgårdet, including a variety of historically and scientifically interesting places.

Book review: The Cat with Three Passports

The Cat with Three Passports by CJ Fentiman [Read aloud to Adelle] This book starts, as many books about Japan do, with English speakers landing a job teaching the language in a foreign country. After a false start in Osaka they return to find teaching jobs in a small town in the mountains. They accidentally […]

Re:publik

We went to the Re:Publik festival at the university. The highlights of the day were Restricted Area, [grendel] and Covenant. It was smaller and less busy than I had expected for a free festival, and slightly odd to see Covenant on their home ground.

Strandvägen

I took another walk along the waterfront, and over to Djurgården.