The publishing house Common Place published the book “Orwell in the Family Circle and Among the Anarchists.” The collection contains rare photographs - Orwell did not like to be photographed, but in 1946 Vernon Richards managed to capture him at home. The book also includes an obituary written by Richards and articles by Colin Ward and Nicholas Walter, which analyze Orwell's career, his views and attitude towards anarchism and anarchists.

On the spit of Bolotny Island, between Red October and the monument to Peter the Great, there are two small buildings with their own pier. This is the former Imperial River Yacht Club, and in Soviet times it was a rowing base and the Strelka children's sports school. It’s hard to imagine that Muscovites once took to the water right here and held competitions on the Moscow River. The idea to create a river yacht club in Moscow appeared in the 1860s under the influence of the St.

“And he will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” (Judges, chapter 13; שופטים פרק יג) Matityahu Glazerson in his book “Astrology and Kabbalah” talks about the tenth month of the Jewish year Tevet , which falls in December-January of the calendar we are used to: “The month Tevet is created by the letter Ayin (ע); Zodiac sign - Capricorn. This is one of the three months belonging to Satan.

A 28-year-old kind, warm September artist talks about art, hitchhiking and intuition, in the genre of ease leading him through life. Roman Barsukov, photo from personal archive Tashkent is a wonderful world. That's where I grew up and was formed. A completely different culture and a different atmosphere. I grew up among the sun and love. It's great there. As children, they ran on the roof, flew kites, and lived in trees. Nineties. I had to leave for the Urals.

Poet, concert organizer and songwriter, originally from the frontier of Vologda, talks about his love for literature, travel and basketball. Mikhail Fedotovsky. Photo from personal archive I began to be seriously interested in poetry two and a half years ago. He began performing and organizing concerts. At first I made charity musical and poetic apartment shows. We earned more than 100 thousand rubles to the account of various people who needed help.

Fragment of the book. Translation by Olga Pankina. IL No. 11 “Serbia and the Serbs” We spent our summer vacation in Opatija. Istria was divided into two zones. To enter Yugoslav zone “A” we needed a special permit, which we obtained without difficulty. We spent three wonderful weeks in a city that still retained its pre-war appearance and spirit. We stayed at a hotel that had its own beach. We visited and examined the Postojna Caves.

Vodka. It is believed that girls do not drink it; Of course, this is complete nonsense. Everyone loves vodka - if there is at least one other thing in Russia, an idea that connects the poor and the rich, mannered snobs and the cheerful proletariat, glamorous girls and sporty men, Caucasians, Chinese, those who write and those who read, those who buy an iPhone and those who moonlight as a tutor, those who are twenty, forty, eighty... Everyone drinks - men, women, children.

Translation by Vasily Sokolov. “Foreign Literature” No. 11 for 2015 It was May 4, 1909, five o'clock in the afternoon. Everything on Tolstoy’s estate is in bloom at this time of year, just like ours in May or mid-April. Here and there, on the roadsides or in ravines hidden from the sun's rays, unmelted snow could still be seen.

A letter about how to observe yourself using photo and video cameras. And why. The structure of your own reality We live in our own reality, which consists of thoughts and experiences. We don’t know exactly what the other person is thinking and feeling, we just analyze the behavior, compare it with past experiences and get offended by thoughts about it. This is fine. To get out of the habitual state, you need an outside view, which cannot be learned without auxiliary tools.

“Izm” - what kind of project is this? How does it help to understand the worldview of modern people? In the vastness of the RuNet, experts in the field of religion have probably already noticed an interesting project called “ Izm .” ”, which is made in the form of tests with questions and multiple answer options. In order to participate in the project, site visitors need to choose the answer that is closest to them.