This is the Beatles’ Shakespearean skit made in 1964 for the British television. I have had no idea about it until today when I found this video on YouTube, and I am now ever so thankful to debs...
This post is going to be very short, and there’s a big chance that by the time I finish writing it, it’ll stop snowing, as well. But – at the moment – it is snowing! Alas, I...
Recently I’ve discovered the works of Edna St Vincent Millay, and I have already briefly analysed one of her sonnets here. I’ve also translated her poem, Thursday, from A Few Figs from Thi...
Here is my attempt to save us all from this depression, be that from mild weather or from rattling winds. The BBC report about radio reshuffle has reminded me of a lovely fairy tale by Hans Christian ...
It looks like this winter Britain and Russia have become inexplicably and inextricably connected by some changes in weather. As you know, I was born and grew up in Moscow. Normally, at this time of th...
Although Robin has suggested that I should write an Ordsall Hall article for Wikipedia, I didn’t do this yet. Instead I have recently found a lecture read in the fall of 2006 at the University o...
On January 7, one of my friends at the Moscow State University has invited me to join an exclusive online student club. Since then I’ve been finding out all sorts of things about my friends and ...
First of all, my story of (mis)using trains continues this year. Yesterday I was going to Warrington from Manchester Piccadilly. I was going to take 12.07 train to Liverpool. I was on the platform 14 ...
I always knew Paris would be my city – despite the fact that I’ve never been there. And I never actually take interest in different online polls, like this one. But this time it’s di...
In the ancient times nations used to stop wars during the Olympic Games. These days some people realise that sport is not enough, so they propose to use the positive energy of an orgasm to the same en...