Are we really back in the cold war?
Or was it all a sham that it ever went away? The story of Ekaterina Zatuliveter, the Russian aged 25 accused of spying whilst working as a parliamentary researcher, has featured in all of the national papers since she was arrested in December 2010. And it’s one that, whilst going relatively quiet, hasn’t disappeared and [...]
Guestblog: Russian working mums
Love it or hate it, but such is our culture formed under the influence of the years of “socialism” followed by “perestroyka” or whatever it’s called now: most women here do work. Married or unmarried, mums or not – the society expects us to work, just as it expects us to be equal to men [...]
Guestblog: This Winter Has Been Snowy
I know it might be sounding like old news. Everyone knows how much stress this winter’s snowfalls have caused all over Europe, even as far south as Italy – and in the USA. It’s been on the news. But I’m talking about Russia and my city, Saratov, in particular. Winters in Russia are expected to [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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