I feel incredibly good. It’s spring, the grass is getting greener on all sides of the fence, the sky is clear, the sun is bright. Even if or when it rains, I’ll still feel good. Because th...
I’m writing a copy about Belgium for a website, and I’ve come across the name of the Belgian actor and writer Noel Godin (left) who is famous for entarting diverse and sundry celebrities. The BBC stat...
They say that the tickets to Slavoj Žižek ‘s lectures sell out almost as quickly as those to the pop stars’ concerts. The lecture at the University of Leeds on 18th of March was free, and ...
A year ago I wrote about Women in Art, an artwork by the American digital artist Philip Scott Johnson (aka Eggman913). The artwork has taken the Internet by storm, producing a string of posts, analyse...
I want to love you, but I know not, how; To call your name – but is there such a name That may become you? To the spheres above I now entrust the knowledge of the same. I barely hope and yet I a...
It’s been a while since I posted any translations from the most adorable Amiral, so I’m about to rectify this omission. I’ve only recently discovered this hit song from 1980s and, as...
I think it was 1988 when in my district in Moscow they began to lay lines. Naturally, everyone was curious, but the answers were vague: it seemed those were the lines for a cable TV channel. Indeed th...
In August 2007 Robin Hamman reported on the BBC Manchester Blog about an earthquake in Manchester. He was rather surprised that very few of us, Manchester bloggers, noticed it. I didn’t notice i...
facebook advertisement Originally uploaded by robinhamman This entire post very closely relates to the phenomenon of social media. Thanks to a good Italian friend of mine, last year I’ve discove...
I will say from the start that this is not indended to be a “comprehensive” critique of this year’s BAFTAs. A couple of times in the past I watched it, always admiring Stephen Fry (a...