The post below was written in September 2006 and marks the early days of my infatuation with the French iconic musician. Original post – 28/09/2006 I’ve written somewhere that I adore Mich...
In continuation with various translations of Russian poetry, here is an amazing example of work by Innokenty Smoktunovsky. In 1982 he recorded a TV programme dedicated to Alexander Pushkin, and this p...
Wait For Me is not just a war-time poem; even in normal, peaceful life there are plenty of chances to fight, to struggle and to survive....
Back in 2006, on October 1 I was listening to Polnareff’s Kama Sutra. The final verse is poignant: when the dust covered the traces of people that once were, they no longer can answer questions ...
I don’t always go back and republish the posts but now and again I simply have to draw the reader’s attention. I have just discovered Mina’s cover of Love Me Please Love Me that we m...
I‘ve already waxed lyrical about different Russian films on this blog, and now here is an opportunity to introduce to you a famous adaptation of the foreign classic – the “Mary Poppi...
The Raven, Wigan On Monday I went to the Lancashire town of Wigan for the second time in all 6,5 years in the UK. I went for work, and no sooner that I and my colleagues left the train station there w...
Today is a wonderful day: there is a New Moon, a Chinese New Year, and St Valentine’s Day. The New Moon is the time of new beginnings, so I hope we all start something lovely and SMART at this t...
S’il n’y avait que sept merveilles du ‘monde’ sur la terre, cela ne vaudrait pas la peine d’y aller voir (J. Prevert) – If there were only seven wonders of the R...
As you know now, I finally got to listen to Secret ‘s music much later than I should have done . About the same time I was already listening to Edith Piaf, and I first couldn’t believe my ...