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
  • Bushwomen. Angel in the house or demon on the loose – it is all in the presentation.

    &ldquoW is for Women” reads one of the slogans for George W. Bush's re-election campaign. It reminds me of a badge that was very popular when I was a student: &ldquoThe earth is f
  • ”Bush and Kerry: Contrasting Styles with the Same Results”

    Much has been made recently of the contrasting decisional styles of American presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry. According to the consensus of insider books and press interviews, Bu
  • House of Sand and Fog

    A screen adaptation of the novel by Andre Dubus III, starring Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly, and Shohreh Aghdashloo. Directed by Vadim Perelman.
  • Italian Hostages, Simona Toretta and Simona Pari, Freed – Ransom paid?

    The two Italian aid workers, Simona Toretta and Simona Pari, along with their two Iraqi colleagues have been freed. Journalists on the Italian State television RAI have openly spoken of a ransom payme
  • Wh(OOP)s Apocalypse

    Faced with a situation in which beheadings are being streamed over the Internet and satellite television covers the collateral damage caused by “precision” bombing, the most improbable con
  • Cartesian Dualism and Casper the Friendly Ghost

    In an attempt to create my own rickety bridge between the “Two Cultures” described by CP Snow, I occasionally try to bring my liberal arts-trained mind to grapple with science. (I think th
  • Italy bans the Burqa

    While France implements its ban on the wearing of the hijab in schools, an Italian Mayor in the North of the country has fined an Italian Muslim woman, twice, for leaving her house wearing the Burqa [
  • ManBooker Shortlist Shock

    The ManBooker shortlist is unusual this year, at least for me, in that there�s more than one title listed that I could be bothered to buy.Actually, I�ve already consumed one of those that made the
  • A rabelasian and quixotic post

    The other day a friend of mine described a book as Rabelaisian. Taking the opportunity to be a smart-arse, I asked whether he had actually read Rabelais. He quickly assured me he had read Gargantua an