They entered Rome, not on a fine day, not on a fine night, but on a dark evening, in dreary weather which makes everything dull and indistinct. They crossed the Tiber without noticing it; they entered...
Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go. Truman Capote, an American writer....
Tallinn – Julia on Toompea, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. And another city I would absolutely love to revisit before this year is out, is Tallinn. I spent three days in the city in...
St Petersburg – Peter and Paul Cathedral, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. Judging by the frequency with which people around me talk about St Petersburg, I should be going there soon....
Biennale – City of Venice agreement FREE WI-FI ACCESS ON THE LIDO The Biennale and the City of Venice announce an important agreement to allow the public, the journalists and the operator...
Even before I came to live in England I was told that in winter the entire country would lose its nerve. “We’re too soft, we Brits“, someone told me. “We cannot live under the ...
Some of you may already have heard me singing It’s a Heartache; but I have just arranged a video to accompany the recording, in which I used some of “lonesome” photographs by Boubat,...
August 25th will see the 43rd anniversary of the 1968 Red Square Demonstration against the suppression of Prague Spring. Although 8 people took part in it, only 7 were thrown in prisons and lunatic as...
The first time I heard, well, read about Richard Gere was in the 1990s. It was, I think, a feature in the Russian ELLE magazine. I didn’t see any of his films, but I was of age when it takes ver...
Declaration I have just discovered one of the most beautiful queries that landed someone on Los Cuadernos: “one man’s graffitti is another man’s picasso phrases” While you pond...