Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1802-1882), a great American poet and the author of The Song of Hiawatha, had also been an object of parodies. Admittedly, it would be improper for anyone interested in poe...
The post below was written in September 2006 and marks the early days of my infatuation with the French iconic musician. Original post – 28/09/2006 I’ve written somewhere that I adore Mich...
In a post I wrote in Russian I reflected on the fact that in one superstore in Moscow city centre the till operator didn’t even attempt to give me change. It was only 10 kopeks, one tenth of a r...
The song It Don’t Come Easy was co-written by Ringo Starr and George Harrison. It became Ringo’s first UK solo release following the Beatles’ breakup. In this video, however, it is G...
In continuation with various translations of Russian poetry, here is an amazing example of work by Innokenty Smoktunovsky. In 1982 he recorded a TV programme dedicated to Alexander Pushkin, and this p...
I‘ve just come back from the screening of “Social Network” in one of the central cinemas in Moscow. By the look of it, Moscow bloggers, the users of Vkontakte.ru and Loveradio listen...
Wait For Me is not just a war-time poem; even in normal, peaceful life there are plenty of chances to fight, to struggle and to survive....
An application of the dog-rubbing luck charm A couple of years ago I read in someone’s Russian LiveJournal about the custom among the Muscovites: to touch, rub and sometimes even kiss a sculptur...
There’s another reason for me to be proud of studying at the First Humanities Building. Near the entrance there now stands a monument to Walt Whitman who has always been greatly admired by the R...
First Humanities Building, Lomonosov Moscow State University This is a true story. Around September 1996 I had a dream in which I saw a modern-looking building decorated with a plaque with carv...