Credit: Ilya Stepanov A Russian photographer Ilya Stepanov has recently visited Cairo (Egypt) where he ventured into the infamous Garbage City in Cairo. The suburb Mokattam is inhabited by a co...
Moscow – Printed Miscellanea Kiosk, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. One of the things you will notice when you visit Moscow are the different kiosks in the street. This is not altoge...
From the onset a web-based project by the Russian photographer Kirill Kuzmin has been attracting a lot of attention from bloggers and readers alike. The aim of the project, artistically titled Blogger...
One of the Russian bloggers I know did an interview with an Internet troll. Yes, that very troll who creates havoc in forums and makes people clash, while he quietly sits in front of his PC or laptop ...
In October 2008 I wrote a post, featuring a poem Scent of Irises by D. H. Lawrence and a painting by Vincent van Gogh, called Irises. Who would have thought (not me!) that 2.5 years later not one but ...
Siena, originally uploaded by Esti Solana. I love walking in the streets like this one in the Italian Siena: only houses, almost typical, not a tree in sight, the sloppy street clearly not rising up t...
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 ...