A self-payment terminal in Moscow This is one area where Moscow is positively ahead of most of the UK (and I’ve been pretty much everywhere, except Scotland and Northern Ireland). You no longer ...
Back in 2006, on October 1 I was listening to Polnareff’s Kama Sutra. The final verse is poignant: when the dust covered the traces of people that once were, they no longer can answer questions ...
There is something about reading the love letters of the great thinkers, artists, politicians. This probably has to do with the very way of how we see Love. Although it can be not always happy or tend...
When I went to Carmarthen for a week three years ago all radio stations were playing a song with the chorus “Take a look at my girlfriend, she’s the only one I’ve got“. I doubt...
There are many great people I have already met, yet I want to meet even more. I’d even like to meet Lady Thatcher. I want to know how they think, how they live, etc. And whilst I’m waiting...
An Essex Rose It isn’t often that one gets to capture Beauty in all its delicacy – and I believe this is exactly what I managed to do with the photo of this rose in Essex. What baffles me ...
The cinema fans will have instantly recognised a paraphrase of Woody Allen’s film, The Purple Rose of Cairo, in the post’s title. Personally, I have never seen a purple calla lily, so I ha...
As I was thinking of doing something special for my best friend who is celebrating his birthday today, I was thinking about a Leo. Leo represents passion, creativity, self-confidence, determination, s...
Who would’ve thought that one could turn Proud Mary into a pop song, complete with a disco outfit and a mane of blonde hair? Well, this is what you have to do if you’re Sylvie Vartan. The ...
Sometimes it pays off to be away from the place where you’ve almost laid roots. Because when you come back from a road trip, get to cross the road and this Blondie’s song starts playing at...