This is the title of the first chapter of Umberto Eco’s Mouse or Rat: Translation as Negotiation (L.: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2003). The plants (or factories) in question are, in fact, the wor...
The story of my discovering Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn; notes on literary and historical aspects of the works....
This picture contains all objects I associate not only with winter festive season, but with cosy living in general. Many years ago in one Russian book I saw a picture of a Scot, wearing a kilt and sto...
This is an extract from the film Grand Hotel Excelsior, starring Adriano Celentano as the hotel manager. I thought it would raise our spirits amidst cooking turkeys. I also thought it could provide so...
So, I was writing that daunting text about Sikh martyrs. Until then I hardly ever realised how difficult it is to write about something, on which you only hold *second-hand* information. Since I canno...
I noticed a lot of Futuresonic-minded people at Simple Bar in late July, where Lee Gosnay & Co presented the performance that earned them a place in the coveted EVNTS section of Futuresonic 2006. ...
Whilst looking for something recently, I came across the Art in Liverpool blog, which in 2005 was chosen the Best British Art Blog by The Times. Bearing in mind that Liverpool will be the European Cap...
As I told Richard when we chatted on Radio Manchester, I wasn’t keen on blogging initially. At first, I was totally against the idea, then in late July 2006 I began to contemplate on it (it must...
Another interesting observation has come from France today – a list of brand new internet addictions. Check it out and amend the list of your New Year reservations accordingly. 🙂 EGO-SURFING: Wh...