Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Alexandr Radayev

This is a photograph by Lee Miller, taken during the German bombing of London, which began in September 1940 and continued until May 1941

Coming Up · Archive · London · Paris · People

This is a photograph by Lee Miller, taken during the German bombing of London, which began in September 1940 and continued until May 1941

This is a photograph by Lee Miller, taken during the German bombing of London, which began in September 1940 and continued until May 1941. The Luftwaffe attacked the city for 57 nights in succession. The raids destroyed or damaged more than a million buildings and killed about 43,000 civilians.

By Alexandr Radayev
Saw this photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1) and remembered one of my favourite Parisian eateries, or rather brasseries: Lipp, on the Boulevard Saint-Germain

Observations · Heritage · Mores · Paris

Saw this photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1) and remembered one of my favourite Parisian eateries, or rather brasseries: Lipp, on the Boulevard Saint-Germain

Léonard Lipp opened it after the Franco-Prussian War, when he left occupied Alsace and came to Paris. He brought his recipes with him: sauerkraut, sausages, cold beer. This was Alsatian cooking in its most direct form, hearty, unpretentious and at a reasonable price. The Saint-Germain quarter of that

By Alexandr Radayev
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