Former operational research analyst living in South London. Interests include books, literature, Russian, Ancient Greek, opera, theatre
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I found existing Russian translations of 'Spring and Fall' by Gerard Manley Hopkins impossible, so Google Translate and I have attempted the following, trying to present what Hopkins said in the way that he said it. Comments will be welcome!
Fun and fantasy
Alice In Wonderland Lewis Carroll
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe C S Lewis
Elements of the novel: (How simple can something be and still be a novel?):
The lover Marguerite Duras
La femme de Gilles Madeleine Bourdouxhe [title of the English translation]
On the reputation of British doctors and hospitals: wp.me/pBfTB-2VX. Seems like they need more money!
Just made a donation of £200.00 to @saltburnlass -approved powerofwomen.org.uk/ to express my satisfaction at having gone a day or so without severe pain in the urino-genitary region.
This summer school in Tallinn looks interesting:
Reason Russia from the Mind. An Original Summer School on Russian Language and Culture in an Era of Change
Website: nemirovsky-school.com/
Register for the school: forms.gle/mabnnME231JnDiCz8
A sidelight on NHS (under-) funding maybe. I came across this and the UK doesn't fare at all well: newsweek.com/rankings/worlds…. It looks like there's one more-or-less 'world-class' hospital (St Thomas's) for the use of idiot Prime Ministers and then...
Outline of an annual hypothecated wealth tax for NHS funding: wp.me/pBfTB-2VD (you could also get rid of CGT AND IHT)
Howard Turner retweeted
.@radeksikorski on 🔥. The kind of diplomacy I can get behind. Everyone should watch this clip today
Looks like the UK's attempt to sanction itself by means of Brexit is proving more successful than the civilised world's attempt to sanction Russia.
Enthusiastic and bilingual feedback for the latest English-speaking session under the aegis of the Oxford Kharkiv Association
Another interesting class on the Homeric Hymn to Hermes in the programme of
@ClassicsAcademy led to a discussion of what exactly Hermes did to misdirect Apollo following the tracks of Hermes and the stolen cattle (HH 4.76-86). My answer below
An interesting class on the Homeric Hymn to Hermes in the programme of @ClassicsAcademy led to a discussion of what the lyre Hermes made from a tortoise may have been like. Some results at wp.me/pBfTB-2V6
More on possible publishers for Russian literature using data from @LizoksBooks at lizoksbooks.blogspot.com/: wp.me/PBfTB-2Uy
