“Time will say nothing, but I told you so/ Time only knows the price we have to pay“, soberly reflected Wystan Hugh Auden in his well-known poem. Diane Arbus, when working on a feature for...
We are surely used to the baby Jesus being painted as a healthy kid with big cheeks. He can be suckling on his mother’s breast, or playing with John the Baptist, or otherwise having good time on...
Judge Jeffereys’ Noose, originally uploaded by Still The Oldie. This is the site called “Judge Jeffereys’ Noose” by the old Thames tavern “The Prospect of Whitby”, ...
The paintings on the left and right are titled, respectively, My First Sermon (1863) and My Second Sermon (1864). They were painted by one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Sir John E...
Somehow I have been hooked on the pictures of “cute celebrity kids“, currently featuring on MSN.com. The kids of all ages, forms, genders and colours attend events, matches, are taken for ...
I have previously been to three print publications (all in Russia), and in England I spent two years at the BBC Manchester newsroom. The impression of the vibe has not effaced, but in comparison to al...
Manchester Sculpture, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. It is a kind of miracle that I went past this composition many times in the five years I’ve been in Manchester, but it was only ...
In the pictures you see, on the left, me on my first day at school in 1987, and on the right – me during my teaching practice at one of Moscow schools in 2001 (the practice was mandatory for all...
The old London bus, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. The photo you see in the post was made in London this July, as I was walking from the Strand to Trafalgar Square (I took the picture fro...
Fishing on the Canal, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. I am tempted to say that I can barely understand these die-hard fishermen who sometimes stand on the banks of Bridgewater Canal in Man...