Moscow by Bus: from Krasnogorsk to the city centre, a set on Flickr. I visited the annual Moscow Autumn Tourism Industry Week for the second year running, and this time I was swept by the organisers t...
As part of refurbishing and replanning the Gorky Park in Moscow, they “planted” old pianos in various spots. There’s a Russian phrase – “a piano in the bushes” R...
A city is similar to a language: there will always be another word (i.e. street) you’ve never known. And even when you know the word, or the city, you may not be aware of a new context, angle, f...
I have just spent the most wonderful three and a half minutes listening to Sonata Erotica by Erwin Schulhoff. Why wonderful, you ask? Composed in 1919, at the time when all the best artistic minds pla...
Here are some views I get to see from my office window. Which one is your favourite?...
My University friend and I went to Gorky Park this August. Many years ago I went there with my Mum, they celebrated the Park’s anniversary, and I got a badge for reading the poetry on stage. The...
Moscow celebrated its 865th anniversary today with many sportive, cultural and family events scattered across city centre. I visited a few before joining a good friend for a cup of coffee, so below ar...
Tour Scotland Photographs: Tour Scotland Photographs Stained Glass Windows Ol…: Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in the Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy, Fife , Scotland ....
As you gathered from previous post, I can now blog from my mobile phone. Don’t be surprised: in all 6 years I blogged from PCs, notebooks, and netbooks, sometimes even at the Internet cafes, but...
I think the “good” film adaptations are mainly those of Shakespeare’s work. I didn’t analyse yet as to what exactly makes them good, i.e. faithful and accurate, but I announced...