The wonderful voice of Oleg Pogudin
In my search for the authors of Dorogoi Dlinnoyu (see last entry) I have listened to scores of different recordings, and discovered that Aleksandr Vertinskii wrote some of the most…
Copyrighting the public domain
When the choreographer Christopher Hampson had to change the music for his piece Canciones four days before the premiere because City Ballet of London couldn’t get permission to use de…
Happy Christmas
Another year where I’ve been completely hopeless at sending Christmas cards, so here – for the two or three people who read this site – is something just as lovely,…
J’accuse: the eurocentricity of eurocentrism
All of the last entry in my weblog brings me on to my next rant: the meaninglessness of ‘eurocentrism’. The quickest and easiest way to avoid responsible scholarship is to…
Google, Gutenberg & Research
Just how exciting is all the hype about Google’s venture into online books? Is it really the dawn of a new era? What seems to be missing from all the…
Prague gallery
I meant to go christmas shopping today, but ended up taking my films to Boots instead. Well, it needed doing. I went to Prague three times this year, and I…