Three Monkeys Online

A Curious, Alternative Magazine

Slovenia

  • Ljubljana

    Ljubljana is one of Europe's coolest capital cities, famed for its castle, beautiful bridges, vibran
  • Breeding

    One of the great worries facing the new political establishment in Poland is the low birth rate. Hence the decision to pay people to have children. I was reminded of this when reading Tom TomorrowR
  • We read so you don’t have to

    The reliably dyspeptic Joseph Epstein recently penned an article with the upbeat rubric, Are Newspapers Doomed? Although eulogies for printed news dailies have been appearing fairly regularly since th
  • Dousing the Olympic Spirit – The 'No-Globals' target the Olympic Torch

    Imagine the scene: An athlete jogs nervously down one of Bologna’s main thoroughfares, clad in a politically-correct, unisex, running suit clutching a futuristic-looking, metalic, flame-flowerin
  • Anything Goes

    I complimented Beatroot for predicting a rapprochement between PO (Civic Platform) and PiS (Law and “Justice”) the other day. But now the nearly-ruling PiS looks like it’s getting in
  • Lepper vs. O’Rourke

    My fellow monkey, Shane Barry, is exercised by Irish politician Mary O’Rourke’s “working like blacks” comment. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear: Come to Poland! Listen to these pearls
  • Service

    Here’s a lazy one, lifted from Nie (“No”) magazine. In Warsaw central railway station they have opened a special “Service Point” for intercity train travellers (or “
  • Postwar II

    In my last post I promised I would detail some of the more evident flaws in Tony Judt�s otherwise impressive achievement, Postwar. First, and perhaps it is just chauvinistic chippiness, but I wonder
  • A load of hot air? There's no ducking the energy issue.

    Italy’s minister for Foreign Affairs, Gianfranco Fini (TIFOF
  • A load of hot air? There’s no ducking the energy issue.

    Italy’s minister for Foreign Affairs, Gianfranco Fini (TIFOF