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• London Music: Rathbone Place And St. Pancras Improvisations
  on May 17, 2013 in Music YouTube Visiting London
  It's sometimes difficult to find a reason to use the word "serendipity", however the videos may well justify it. It's when a great thing happens naturally, without you planning for it. First, in Rathbone Place a guy from Hobgoblin music shop and a cy...
• London 2013 - A Bookstore Shelf
  on May 16, 2013 in Visiting London PhotoFiles Literature
  London 2013, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia.This is a real bookshelf in a real bookstore in Holborn district of London. I was impressed by the range of titles: James Joyce, Jack Kerouac, Stief Larsson, John Fowles, Oscar Wilde, John Keats...
• Attending a Service On Russian Easter In Aldgate
  on May 7, 2013 in Visiting London PhotoFiles Architecture England Travels
  It's amazing what you can find in London! I stumbled upon a lovely church in Aldgate and went in for a "look". I ended up attending a church service that coincided with Russian Easter. Shortly before that I attended an organ recital by Paul Dean at S...
• Manchester 2013 [Flickr]
  on May 7, 2013 in england manchester heatonpark prestwich uploaded:by=flickrmobile flickriosapp:filter=nofilter
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• Manchester 2013 [Flickr]
  on May 7, 2013 in england manchester heatonpark prestwich uploaded:by=flickrmobile flickriosapp:filter=nofilter
  loscuadernosdejulia posted a photo:...
• Manchester 2013 [Flickr]
  on May 7, 2013 in england manchester heatonpark prestwich uploaded:by=flickrmobile flickriosapp:filter=nofilter
  loscuadernosdejulia posted a photo:...
• Manchester 2013 [Flickr]
  on May 7, 2013 in england manchester heatonpark prestwich uploaded:by=flickrmobile flickriosapp:filter=nofilter
  loscuadernosdejulia posted a photo:...
• Manchester 2013 [Flickr]
  on May 7, 2013 in england manchester heatonpark prestwich uploaded:by=flickrmobile flickriosapp:filter=nofilter
  loscuadernosdejulia posted a photo:...
• Les Notes Parisiennes
  on May 4, 2013 in France PhotoFiles Pascal Quignard Paris Literature Experiences Travels
  Et bon, mes chers lecteurs, enfin j'ai visite Paris. Pardonnez-moi l'absence des articles, mais il n'y a pas de langue francaise a mon telephone. Those of you who have been reading the blog for a while will know that this was a very long-standing dr...
• Arrival (Departure)
  on Apr 27, 2013 in PhotoFiles
  Arrival, originally uploaded by per henning.One of my Flickr contacts has posted this wonderful capture that reminds of the time when we fly away and take rest.Thanks for reading and visiting! You can connect with me on Google+ @ https://plus.google.
• Opus - Let's Think About It (Опус - Надо Подумать)
  on Apr 22, 2013 in Music YouTube Latvia
  I'm going through a wonderful stage of recalling my earlier years (that's early 1980s), all thanks to a song "Let's Think About It" (Надо подумать) by the Latvian group, Opus. Before 1978 the group was headed by Raimonds Pauls who was cha...
• All About Eve: Expressing the Mood In Sculpture
  on Apr 18, 2013 in PhotoFiles Sculpture Auguste Rodin Art History
  The character of Eve, the second woman created (successfully) by God, who was supposed to be a good wife to Adam but ended up expelling both herself and her husband from Paradise, has long been popular in fine arts. The sculptors in this post very di...
• #Helloweekend Getaways In Stockholm, Madrid, Milan, and Paris
  on Apr 17, 2013 in France Italy Spain Travels
  We are heading into a long week of holidays in Russia that will start on May 1st and continue through until May 10th. Strictly speaking, May 5-8 are working days, but mostly likely many people will take leaves. Now there are also weekend breaks, a...
• William Shakespeare Sonnets Recited And Filmed Throughout New York
  on Apr 12, 2013 in USA PhotoFiles William Shakespeare Renaissance Poetry Cinema Poetry
  To celebrate another of William Shakespeare's "round dates" in 2014, NY Shakespeare Exchange has called on directors and actors to participate in a ground-breaking project. The Sonnet Project fuses urban settings of New York's five boroughs...
• Goodbye, Maggie! The End of a Lady Politician
  on Apr 11, 2013 in PhotoFiles Margaret Thatcher History Experiences On Russia
  I don't remember much of the early 1980s TV, but when Gorbachev came to power in 1985 he was rather quickly drawn into the global politics arena, and we began to regularly hear the names of Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan, and, of course, Margaret Thatche...
• Infographic: The Deaths of William Shakespeare Characters
  on Mar 31, 2013 in PhotoFiles William Shakespeare Renaissance Drama Literature
  People all over the world is having trouble memorising Shakespeare. For some, he is downright boring. But looking at the infographic shared by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on their Facebook page and subsequently posted on various Tumblr blogs, the guy...
• Democracy In Iceland: How To Make the Best Of an Economic Crisis
  on Mar 30, 2013 in Iceland PhotoFiles News Works/Julie Delvaux Translations History
  I translated the text below from Russian for two reasons. One, it would be really great if more countries followed in the footsteps of Iceland. Nevermind loans and debts, this is the great example of democratic government, by people and for the peopl...
• Poesie En Russe: A History Lesson
  on Mar 18, 2013 in PhotoFiles In Russian Works/Julie Delvaux History Poetry
  I am teaching World History to a young student, and last time the topic was the Hundred Years War and Tudor England. We have to cover a fairly long period of time, so have to skim through History. I am glad as I have to do revision, and it's always g...
• The Persistence of Pancakes: Artemy Lebedev Studio Revisits Salvador Dali's Painting
  on Mar 14, 2013 in PhotoFiles Painting Salvador Dali On Russia
  A renowned Russian design studio run by Artemy Lebedev revisited the famous 1931 painting by Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory. Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory (1931) Dali's work was painted during his Freudian phase, but also all...
• Poesie En Russe: The English Diary, 2003-2004
  on Mar 10, 2013 in Visiting London Manchester PhotoFiles In Russian Works/Julie Delvaux Poetry

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