I was writing something completely different (about German Expressionist poets) when I found a website of the poet and translator Leo Yankevich. And there was this beautiful poem by the Polish Leopold...
Russia celebrated the lift of Leningrad’s blockade on January 27th, while elsewhere in the world they celebrated the liberation of the prisoners of Auschwitz camp. There is not a single family t...
With the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi approaching, we get readier and readier for the main sportive event. I hope there are no arrests on the grounds of a sexual orientation. In the meantime, specially...
Several years ago I was presented with a CD containins all albums by the VIA Pesnyary. I shared their song Oh early on Ivan’s Day in my early blogging days. However, the tracks from Birch-tree J...
Every year 25th of January marks the Day of St. Tatiana, acknowledged throughout Russia as a Students’ Day. On this day in 1755 the Moscow State University was founded, the date being symbolical...
Annie Lennox posted on her Facebook page a video of Dionne Warwick’s song Walk On By, composed by Burt Bacharach. As she says, “I’ve always been drawn to the alchemy of Bert Bacharac...
Looking forward to reading one of Jouce’s well-known and loved books. Last time I read him was a few years ago when I revised A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man. I bought this edition in Mos...
Original post from 26/01/2007 The first time I read this poem, I was at school, and I remember well we were preparing to either a quiz or a matinee, so we had to learn an English poem by heart. I beli...