Nevsky Prospekt: Part 2 – Obelisk to the Hero City Leningrad
Граждане! При артобстреле эта сторона улицы наиболее опасна Citizens! During shelling this side of the street is the most dangerous (Inscription stencilled on walls along Nevsky Prospekt during the Siege … Continue reading
Nevsky Prospekt: Part 1 – The Alexander Nevsky Monastery
There is nothing better than Nevsky Prospekt, at least not in Petersbug; for there it is everything. What does this street – the beauty of our capital – not shine … Continue reading
Kotletki
Russia, as Churchill opined, may be, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, but if you’ve not had these the only mystery you’ll be left with after tasting … Continue reading
Bergh’s, ‘Nordic Summer’s Evening’, 1899-1900
It all must be so beautiful in old Sweden now – Midsummer time – one almost chokes up thinking about the long, light nights; the still clear bays where birch … Continue reading
