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Jude Law in "Hamlet"
Here is an article you might find interesting
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601112&sid=aF4PCxlV3UnM -
Jude Law in "Hamlet"
I'm just back from London, where I've seen Jude Law playing Hamlet in Wyndham's Theatre. I always admired him, but I have never seen him on stage, and, shame to me, I have never seen "Hamlet" on stage. Films, yes, a number of them, but never before have I heard the Bard's lines shouted, screamed, whispered from the stage a few meters away from me. ( Read more... ) -
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Please stop this madness now!
I am ashamed for my Government, even though I voted against the people who are bombing civilians in Georgia, codoning robbery and instigating hatred.
This is photo of a monastery in Imerety. I was there barely a month ago.
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Leonard Cohen - World Tour 2008
I am just back from Lucca, from Leonard Cohen's concert! It was amazing - nothing of the "old star coming back" vibes, just a wise, definitely old, but serene and confident Singer, comfortable with himself, proud of his songs, generous with his band and his audience. Three hours of pure bliss, starting with "Dance me to the end of love", going ( Read more... ) -
It's raining
Well, it's been a long time since I have posted anything. RL takes a lot of time, as everyone knows ( Read more... ) -
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Well, I'm back from the UK! I was so lucky, the weather was wonderful for the first two days. I spent half a day in Kew Gardens, watching a peacock trying to seduce his three hens, to no avail. Do you know they emit most irritating cracking noises by crackling their tail feathers ( Read more... ) -
Munich and family
I am in Munich today, will stay here for a week to help Mum out: she is recovering from a hip articulation prostetics. She is doing fine, so I am just here to boost her confidence a bit, and take care of a few things requiring too much movement (shopping, cleaning, etc ( Read more... ) -
Alexander the Great
Guess what! There is a new exhibition in Torino - Following the routes of Alexander the Great from Seleucia (or is it Selevkia?) to Gandhara. It's not as big or all-embracing as I have thought based on advertising, but it's still very interesting: sculpture, ceramics, some fragments of frescoes illustrating Hellenistic influences in the East and ( Read more... ) -
Photographs
I have opened a gallery and uploaded some Italian photos. It's called "Martamelia", take a look: http://pics.livejournal.com/alina_kotik/gallery
