Postcard from Bishkek

Since the revolution of April 2010 I have sent out a regular email reviewing the events in the previous week’s news.

They were written at a particular time and reflect the information available – at the time – and my understanding – at the time.  Sometimes information became available later and I changed my mind, my opinion, as a result of the new information.  However, I have not edited the postcards but left them as they were written …

2010

• 10/04/10 - A sense of Deja vu
• 17/04/10 - A week is a long time …
• 24/04/10 - Aftershocks
• 01/05/10 - A Revolutionary Jigsaw
• 08/05/10 - Seven days in May
• 15/05/10 - Hope for the best, Prepare for the worst
• 22/05/10 - A Developing Picture
• 29/05/10 - Living in a Soap opera
• 05/06/10 - Returning to normality
• 12/06/10 - A long hot summer
• 19/06/10 - The Fire Trianlgle
• 26/06/10 - Waiting for the referendum
• 03/07/10 - They think it’s all over
• 10/07/10 - Congratulations
• 16/07/10 - What planet are you from?
• 24/07/10 - Good news, Bad news
• 31/07/10 - Back to the Future
• 07/08/10 - I never got the hang of Thursdays
• 14/08/10 - It’s raining in Moscow
• 21/08/10 - 57 Varieties
• 28/08/10 - Hiatus
• 04/09/10 - Three day week
• 11/09/10 - Four Day Week
• 18/09/10 - A week of statistics
• 25/09/10 – The Campaign Begins
• 02/10/10 - Forgotten Country?
• 09/10/10 - Decision Time
• 16/10/10 - Treading water
• 23/10/10 - Predictions, Prophecies and Forecasts
• 30/10/10 - No news is good news … or is it?
• 02/11/10 - Sullivans’ Travels
• 06/11/10 - Remember, remember, the fifth of November …
• 13/10/10 - We all make mistakes
• 20/10/10 - The buck stops … where?
• 27/11/10 - A touch of Magic
• 04/12/10 - All change, or more of the same
• 11/12/10 - As time goes by …
• 18/12/10 - Christmas is coming …
• 25/12/10 - Christmas songs

2011

• 01/01/11 - Ring out the old … Ring in the New
• 08/01/11 - Quite a busy Christmas week
• 15/01/11 - League Tables, power cuts and internet problems
• 22/01/11 - What’s the important news story this week?
• 29/01/11 - Sir Humphrey would be be proud!
• 05/02/11 - A simmering pot
• 12/02/11 - Mixed Signals
• 19/02/11 - An inflation in tensions
• 26/02/11 - The sword of Damocles
• 05/03/11 - Potential shocks to the system
• 12/03/11 - Changeable, like the weather
• 19/03/11 - A week of anniversaries
• 26/03/11 - What’s the fuss all about?
• 02/04/11 - Jokes and Japes
• 09/04/11 - Marking time
• 16/04/11 - Realpolitik
• 23/04/11 - Happy Easter
• 30/04/11 - Fairytale Friday
• 07/05/11 - Oh, the humanity
• 14/05/11 - Not exactly an unlucky day
• 21/05/11 - The end of the world is Nigh!
• 28/05/11 - School’s Out … for some
• 04/06/11 - The long and winding road
• 11/06/11 - All Quiet on the Southern Front
• 18/06/11 - Don’t Panic!
• 25/06/11 - Publish and be damned
• 02/07/11 - Special Days
• 09/07/11 – NOTW
• 16/07/11 - Two worlds
• 23/07/11 - It could have been worse.
• 30/07/11 - Out with the old, in with the new
• 06/08/11 - Phew, Wot a scorcher!
• 13/08/11 - Wish you were here!
• 20/08/11 - Drowning in Democracy
• 27/08/11 - Twists and turns.
• 03/09/11 - From the land of public holidays.
• 10/09/11 - What game is that, again?
• 17/09/11 - Hollywood Blockbusters
• 24/09/11 - The interrobang?!
• 01/10/11 - So, who can we trust?
• 08/10/11 - Inspirational Characters
• 15/10/11 - “Naked ducks”
• 22/10/11 - Jumping into the void
• 29/10/11 - Ticker Tape
• 05/11/11 - The Glorious Revolution?
• 12/11/11 - Catching a cold
• 19/11/11 - Kyrgyzstan’s Gettysburg
• 26/11/11 - Buy Nothing Day
• 03/12/11 - A better world for all, including …
• 10/12/11 - Constitutional crisis … not yet
• 17/12/11 - Flights of Fancy?
• 24/12/11 - In the bleak midwinter …
• 31/12/11 - It’s that time of year again …

2012

• 01/01/12 - Resolutions
• 07/01/12 - Merry Christmas! … again!  
• 14/01/12 - Late again! 
  
• 21/01/12 - Greetings! 
• 28/01/12 - Having fun … at work
• 04/02/12 - Social Media Snapshots
• 11/02/12 - Gold records
• 18/02/12 - Strana Chudess
• 25/02/12 - Personality cults
• 03/03/12 - Expensive missed opportunities
• 10/03/12 - Greetings Cards
• 17/03/12 - Aksy
• 24/03/12 - The Great Escape
• 31/03/12 - Earth Hour
• 07/04/12 - An All round view
• 14/04/12 - Sinking ships
• 21/04/12 - Field of Dreams
• 28/04/12 - “Wow, no one saw this coming.”
• 05/05/12 - Europe Day
• 12/05/12 - Florence Nightingale’s Mathematical Bent
• 19/05/12 - Don’t Forget the Lessons of the Past
• 26/05/12 - In for the long run …
• 02/06/12 - Crowning Glory
• 09/06/12 - In search of Nero
• 16/06/12 - Fantasmagoriana
• 23/06/12 - Candidates for Greatness?
• 30/06/12 - 999
• 07/07/12 - Free Lunches
• 14/07/12 - Bon Chance
• 21/07/12 - Friendly invasions
• 28/07/12 - Let the Games begin … at last
• 04/08/12 - Happy Birthday Mr. President!
• 11/08/12 - Winding down
• 18/08/12 - Living through history
• 25/08/12 - Kiss and Make up
• 01/09/12 - Back to School …
• 08/09/12 - Tom, Dick and Harry … and not forgetting Sally … learning about life
• 15/09/12 - Whodunit?
• 22/09/12 - Messrs. Bilbo and Frodo Baggins celebrate
• 29/09/12 - Michaelmas
• 06/10/12 - Bellerophon
• 13/10/12 - A Day That Never Was
• 20/10/12 - Explorations
• 27/10/12 - Two apartments and an old car!
• 03/11/12 - I know … because I was there!!!!
• 10/11/12 - Big Bird … 
• 17/11/12 - Confusing times
• 24/11/12 - Stormy weather
• 01/12/12 - A couple of geeks …
• 08/12/12 - The small screen
• 15/12/12 - A nice cup of tea …
• 22/12/12 - Konyets Sveta … or just the end of an era?
• 29/12/12 - If only …

2013

• 05/01/13 - The Prague Spring
• 12/01/13 - The National Trust
• 19/01/13 - Virus
• 26/01/13 - Down Under
• 02/02/13 - Groundhog Day
• 09/02/13 - A name to watch for …
• 16/02/13 - An Aladdin’s cave of treasures
• 23/02/13 - Two sides of the coin …
• 02/03/13 - Membership has its benefits
• 09/03/13 - Exterminate! Exterminate!
• 16/03/13 - The Oval
• 23/03/13 - Changeable Weather
• 30/03/13 - Vincent
• 06/04/13 - The Declaration of Arbroath
• 13/04/13 - That’s the wonder of …
• 20/04/13 - Kaputt: the end of the Red Baron
• 27/04/13 - It’s a long way to …
• 04/05/13 - It’s not all down to the bottom line
• 11/05/13 - Finally …
• 18/05/13 - Whiskey Galore
• 25/05/13 - For whom the bell tolls …
• 01/06/13 - Pen pal day
• 08/16/13 - 1984
• 15/06/13 - Dial 101
• 22/06/13 - Checkpoint Charlie
• 29/06/13 - A fire in the bard’s theater
• 06/07/13 - A man for all seasons
• 13/07/13 - The first steamship
• 20/07/13 - A small step …
• 27/07/13 - Unikeonpäivä
• 03/08/13 - It’s all a mistake
• 10/08/13 - Where’s the camera?
• 17/08/13 - Klondike
• 24/08/13 - All in all, it’s been an interesting week …
• 31/08/13 - A Big Day
• 07/09/13 - The Last Night …
• 13/09/13 - First aid
• 21/09/13 - IDP – International Day of Peace
• 28/09/13 - Asking stupid questions
• 05/10/13 - Dehn Goroda Osh
• 12/10/13 - Did he … or didn’t he?
• 19/10/13 - Unfinished business
• 26/10/13 - Alfred the Great
• 02/11/13 - The Day of Culture
• 09/11/13 - Fateful Day – “Never again!”
• 16/11/13 - Diplomatic relations
• 23/11/13 - Tardis – it’s bigger on the inside!
• 30/11/13 - Out of the wilderness … and into the flames
• 07/12/13 - … a date that will live in infamy
• 14/12/13 - Monkey Business
• 21/12/13 - Retired numbers
• 28/12/13 - A centerpiece for public life

2014

• 04/01/14 - Shaken, not stirred
• 11/01/14 - Winter Wonderlands
• 18/01/14 - A Bear of Very Little Brain
• 25/01/14 - The best laid plans …
• 01/02/14 - Unlucky for some.
• 08/02/14 - Let the games begin
• 15/02/14 - Chicken Little – the day the sky fell in
• 22/02/14 - Mapping 
• 01/03/14 - Felix catus
• 08/03/14 - Then again, there’s always John of God.
• 15/03/14 - Its not cricket 
• 22/03/14 - WWD – World Water Day  
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