Interview with architect Felix Novikov about his friend Ernst Neizvestny dated March 11, 1997 / published for the first time (as part of the preparation of the next book by F. Novikov from the “ Autograph of an Architect ” series) In the preface to the book “The Work of Life,” I wrote that only one of my articles did not see the light of day. This is inaccurate information. There was another case in 1997 when I was denied publication. However, this was not my fault.

And with a low bow he asks In eternal peace miss Headless with a beard. ……… The root of impossible actions O veil of false opinions! M.V. Lomonosov "Hymn to the Beard" The end of the 16th century, the beginning and first half of the 17th century is the time of Cervantes, Aleman, Lope de Vega, Quevedo and El Greco in Spain, Shakespeare, Bacon and Milton in England, Galileo in Italy, Descartes and Pierre de Fermat in France, Kepler and Pretorius in Germany, Rembrandt and Rubens in Holland.

Human rights activists around the world today talk about a “shrinking space of freedom” as a consequence of the actions of the authorities. But this is not the whole truth. We must honestly answer the question of the extent of our own responsibility, with our current way of thinking and acting, for this “narrowing”. How and why did the once most successful global movement, which had a decisive influence on political changes in the second half of the 20th century, today lose its leadership?

More strange stories about different things - in the book Hello. My grandfather told great stories for years, and then he got together and turned them into readable stories. When they were tightly soldered by the wizards from the Ridero system, it turned out that there were 374 pages of wild stories from my grandfather’s life ( liters says 400 , but we know better). That week we had tea with him and decided: we will release some of the stories separately - because we can.

I have always been attracted to homemade city inscriptions. What makes a person take, for example, a marker and write a few words, say, on the door of a building? Want to make your presence known? The desire to express an attitude towards the world or towards a specific person? Or is there something conspiratorial and incantatory in such “writing”? But why not write the same words in a status on a social network? I have no answers to these and other questions.