By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ As we study history together, I often show documentary films to my students. When these films are about the distant past, there is a voice (or person-moderator) who walks us through the information, using whatever illustrations can be mustered. But as we get nearer to modern times the documentaries come to life: actual human action in black and white. From the late 19th … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ I remember working in a pub in Crawley, near Gatwick airport in London. Many years ago. I was by then probably in my early 30s. Yet, as they say, ‘everybody gets old, but you can stay immature forever.’ That would have been me back then.
I had lived in Bath during the 1970s, returned to the US to do a Master’s degree … Read the rest
Content advisory 18+ I just caught Adrita’s article about beggars in India. I can only imagine what a nightmare it must be in places like that. Of course, the homeless and hapless are everywhere and must be dealt with one way or the other. As with the prison system, the question involves the push-pull between blame and compassion. Should we despise beggars or try to help them? I used to … Read the rest
Это пост про Лондон. Про Рим можно почитать тут. Про Вену можно почитать тут. Про Москву можно почитать тут. А про Петербург – тут. Про Барселону – тут. Если интересно про какие-то еще города – пишите в комментариях (Европа пока))
Лондон – это Янус, также как и Рим. Сколько раз в нем не побываешь – а каждый раз увидишь новое лицо. Он недоверчивый и холодный при встрече, да … Read the rest
