Snaps, not schnapps, is a Swedish must. A highly alcoholic beverage, it is rolled out at every traditional Swedish meal – that’s Christmas, Easter, Walpurgis Eve, Graduation, Student Parties, Midsummer, Crayfish season […]
How to make Swedish snaps
TUNE IN: I’M ON CANADIAN RADIO!
If you are based in Canada you may have heard me on the radio this morning as I was interviewed by national Canadian Radio station CBC for their Day 6 programme. The […]
Eurovision 2017: the Twitter accounts you should follow
It’s that time again – the most wonderful time of the year in which I wonder if I have turned into an actual unicorn because I am seemingly the only one within […]
TRYING SWEDISH SALTY LIQUORICE
I made my American friend try Swedish salty liquorice…
Twenty years of hurt: how Britain could win Eurovision again
Katrina and the Waves lifted the trophy two decades ago … and the UK has been in the doldrums ever since…
London Calling: What I’ve Been Working On
One year has passed since I last wrote for this blog and how time flies. We are once again enjoying the most wonderful time of the year, i.e. Eurovision, only this time I […]
HOW EUROVISION FINALLY CRACKED AMERICA
Tonight the Eurovision Song Contest final will be broadcast in the US for first time ever. I wrote an article on how Eurovision came to conquer America – and what the future […]
Live from the Eurovison press centre
I’m about to go live on BBC Radio Sheffield – tune in! Oh and thanks to the BBC for the Joe and Jake pin! :)
SEMI FINAL 1: THE REACTION
Semi final number one is over and the press centre is full of surprised chatter. It was a wonderful show filled with gorgeous shot of Måns, Petra’s naughty jokes, more gorgeous shots […]
Live from Semi Final 1
Stockholm calling and I am live from the press centre at Globen, ready to live tweet tonight’s semi final number 1. @bellaqvist is where you’ll find me on Twitter and Snapchat. So, […]
