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...
For those of you who recognised a paraphrased line from “Holding Out For A Hero” by Bonnie Tyler I can only confirm that, yes, “I need a meet-up“. With other Manc bloggers, tha...
Last year Los Cuadernos de Julia collaborated with Stella Artois, – and this year I was invited to Beck’s Canvas 2008 event in London. Like Illycaffe and Chateau Mouton Rothschild, so Beck...
I do love strolling little known streets and taking ad hoc trips to unknown places. Living close to what they call “transport links” makes a huge difference, as well. When you only need to...
Unfortunately, I cannot update the previous post with the video I put up on YouTube. The video is a montage of the photos I took and the audio I recorded in Manchester on the day of the game. In addit...
A Friday afternoon can bring up many lovely memories. One of my present colleagues remembered how his father once opened a bottle of wine only to find a mouse in it. A visitor to my other blog recalle...
Wednesday 9:01 am 4/23/08 Originally uploaded by robinhamman Many hours after I wrote a post about unsuccessful attempts to make St George’s Day a public holiday I came across this picture in Ro...
I know that the name of Paolo Conte attracts some interest from the visitors, and I hope the video below (produced by Guiseppe Ragazzini, whose work you have already seen in Notebooks) will inspire yo...
A year ago I wrote about Women in Art, an artwork by the American digital artist Philip Scott Johnson (aka Eggman913). The artwork has taken the Internet by storm, producing a string of posts, analyse...
facebook advertisement Originally uploaded by robinhamman This entire post very closely relates to the phenomenon of social media. Thanks to a good Italian friend of mine, last year I’ve discove...