I‘ve already waxed lyrical about different Russian films on this blog, and now here is an opportunity to introduce to you a famous adaptation of the foreign classic – the “Mary Poppi...
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...
English people are well-known for their eccentricity, and this trait does not seem to change much with time. This Monty Python sketch was made a few decades ago, but in my 6.5 years in the UK I’...
I love coffee, and in 2000 I wrote the poem Reading the Tea Leaves. This is a kind of linguistic truism: the English say “reading the tea leaves“, while in Russian we say “reading th...
As you know now, I finally got to listen to Secret ‘s music much later than I should have done . About the same time I was already listening to Edith Piaf, and I first couldn’t believe my ...
I still vividly remember how a clip “I Love Boogie-Woogie” by the Russian beat band, Secret , was coming up on TV, and my mother was switching channels despite my protests. I was deeply sa...
I don’t know if this is an appropriate statement to make at the start but it’s been over a year that I lived without a TV in my flat. And I don’t watch TV on my computer. This isn...
A brief story of my discovering Alexander Pushkin and his work, as well as critical notes on the then and now reading habits and the state of language...
Whatever happens to Twitter, it will be remembered for many good reasons – including branding. The name of the service has substantially expanded our appreciation of the English language: cue in...
The origins of this post date back to July 2008. I went to London and visited Victoria and Albert Museum. I spent most of my time there admiring sculptures by Rodin, Canova and Lord Leighton, and it w...