Skaters, November 1901 Skaters, January 1902 These postcards from my family archive have just marked their anniversaries: one turned 110 years last November, another just recently, on January 3...
by F. T. This is the kind of jewellery that I think is designed to be worn on a night out, so that when you are leaving a bar at quarter to four in the morning you don’t have to worry about anyo...
I am enjoying the quietude of the first weeks of the New Year. Although adults have to go to work, students only go to the libraries and their institutes for exams. As a result, there are nowhere as m...
Russian dolls are rightly considered one of the most recognisable symbols of Russia, and it comes as no surprise that even at the Moscow Design Week 2011 Jacopo Foggini dedicated his installation to t...
An Orthodox vertep at the Cathedral of the Ascension of Christ I took the photo of a vertep yesterday at the Church of Ascension of Christ in 36, Bolshaya Nikitskaya St. It is a beautiful church in Cl...
Some time ago I published here extract from the book by Mikhail Romm, on different types of cinematic shots. A few of you wondered where I got the English version; alas, there is no such (yet). I thou...
The missing part Full view You already know that I adore the Moscow State University building. If I ever get the chance to live nearby so as to see it from my windows regularly, I’ll grab it wit...
Ivan, Andy, and Soup Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Ivan Lovatt was born in Kenya and then came to live in the UK. For the past 6 years he contributed, as a professional sculptor, his work...
Steve Woods reports at Technorati about Princess Leia Freaks: SciFi Themed Brothel to Open in Vegas. Apparently, Dennis Hof, a Nevada businessman who has already made his name as the creator of severa...
A New Year card from one of my friends – with an MSU ball My first day of 2012 was a lazy one. After all the accomplishments of 2011 I thought I deserved to sleep for as long as I wanted. The ni...