On most Spring and Summer mornings, if I am lucky enough to find myself in Belgrade, I like to start the day by cycling the bike path from Sports Centar 25 May to Ada, around the lake and back. It’s a round trip of around 20 km. It’s a good workout, clears the head and helps to keep the waistline vaguely ...

“What’s it like, living in the Balkans?” Back home in Britain (I can’t bring myself to use the old Imperialistic adjective anymore) during the annual orgy of consumerism, excess and family stress that we call “Christmas”, the question was often put by family and friends. Confessing to really not knowing where to start, I used the old mirror trick. “What’s it ...

I am a British citizen, who has had the pleasure of living and working in the Balkans for over 3 years. There is no avoiding the fact that this is an exciting, enticing, endearing, wonderful place that is also often frustrating as hell, but is always facinating. As to danger, I tell people honestly that I would be in more ...