El Greco, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1605 (Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain). A variation on this theme was painted by El Greco in 1610 and is now housed at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . &nb...
In the spirit of my resolutions, I wish the very happy Orthodox Christmas to my Russian readers. As you might know, the Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on January 7th, and what is interesting this ye...
This year has been anything but uneventful. For me it was perhaps a great example of the ‘not all that glistens is gold’. It couldn’t start better: I spent the turn of 2007/2008 in W...
My dear readers and visitors, I wish you a very merry Christmas! Wherever you are, I hope that you find peace and joy on this day, and take it with you to the next year! With love and best wishes, Jul...
Skiing in Moscow, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. This picture tells many stories. It was taken by my mother in Moscow sometime between 1998 and 2001. I got the Salomon skies set for my bi...
I have lived for a long period of time in the countries as wide apart as Russia and England – particularly where climate is concerned. In the last couple of years, however, the picture has seemi...
Birmingham – Christmas Safari, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. This article is primarily about the 1950 MGM adaptation of Rider Haggard’s novel. For the news about the discover...
Many pleasant and unpleasant things are happening at the turn of 2008/2009. Unpleasant – credit crunch and recession are on. Pleasant (for me) – there was some snow in England. Last but no...
Birmingham – The Bull in the Bull Ring, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. Liverpool has been the European capital of culture in 2008. But astrologically, the year 2008 was the year o...
Yes, I think I am becoming a tiramisu expert. I love this dessert so much that whenever I visit an Italian restaurant I order it. And even if I am tempted to order something else, I still see myself o...