Autumn in Lake District, Cumbria I am bound to the King of the Sign of Autumn Parting I love the fruits I detest the flowers I regret every one of the kisses that I’ve given Such a bitter walnut tells...
The 4-mins short about a man whose life quite literally spirals downwards at a neck-breaking speed was once selected for Sundance Film Festival programme. This appears to be a story of a suddenly inad...
I continue showing you Russian films, songs, and the work of outstanding Russian actors and directors that are available online. Previously I already told the story of El Poema de las Danzas that was ...
I shall continue telling you about and showing some of the gems of my home library. A large part of it consists of my childhood books, including those in English. I have already shared an old b...
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Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire Toujours À Madame Faure-Favier Toujours Nous irons plus loin sans avancer jamais Et de planète en planète De nébuleuse en nébuleuse Le don Juan des mil...
A few years ago I wrote the text below and published it on a different blog. Although the blog is no more, the collection the article speaks about is still at the Manchester Art Gallery, so, if intere...
A photo of the day on Yandex Fotki. Author: Vladimir Koziuck «Милый мой малыш.» на Яндекс.Фотках...
Teacher’s Day I sincerely greet you and your children and grandkids with the Day of Knowledge (Google marks this day with its doodle, too). Here is a selection of the First of September Soviet p...
To mark the last day of August, here is a scan from my childhood’s favourite booklet – Jablonex Jewellery Catalogue for 1984. With years I came to realise that some of the photos beamed wi...