Ingo Maurer’s project for the 2nd Moscow Design Week (11-16 October 2011) explores the notions of light and fire as applied to the living space. Called ‘the Poet of Light’ by Gilda B...
Chuck & The Dirty Dog, Moscow, July 2011 In Chelyabinsk (that’s a city in Southern Ural in Russia) they are celebrating John Lennon’s 71st birthday on October 10. Paul McCartney is tyi...
… is currently overshadowed by the fact that the central heating in many Moscow buildings is yet to be switched on for winter season. Whereas in my flat I can wear a T-shirt with short sleeves, ...
Alexei Tyranov, The View of the Big Church of the Winter Palace (1829) Eduard Hau, The Grand Church (1860s) In this 1829 painting the Russian artist Alexei Tyranov depicted the interior of the ...
Apparently, these two buildings that nowadays both belong to the Yekaterinburg Academy of Architecture (founded in 1972) have been a kind of smithy of the future Arts (Cinema, Music) figures. T...
An ordinary metro station… …and the guy by the wall Back in 2007 I told a tearful story of how I was trying to take a picture of Myron’s Discobolus at the British Museum in London....
Love locks tree, Moscow Wedding rings, Moscow When I returned to Moscow nearly a year ago, I was surprised to eventually discover that one of the bridges that is very popular with newlyweds has acquir...
Grand Duke and Duchess Some 15 years ago a teacher of Literature at my school lent me a book to read. In the wake of budding interest in the tragic history of the end of the Romanovs dynasty in Russia...
The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) has upheld a complaint from the UEFA in the plagiarism dispute concerning the famous symbol of the Champions L...
Whenever my native country’s people win awards and receive accolades, I feel immensely proud and happy. Alexander Sokurov has won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival f...