I assumed it was perfectly obvious that everyone must share my love of a sky thick with clouds

I assumed it was perfectly obvious that everyone must share my love of a sky thick with clouds. And it came as a positive shock to discover that some people prefer sunny weather. Even now I cannot understand it. But that is another story altogether…

Glenn Gould, 1979

Illustration: CLOUDS ARE GROWING, Erik Bulatov, 2007

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

I assumed it was perfectly obvious that everyone must share my love of a sky thick with clouds

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s