Joe Hargan (1952- )

Jenny (N.d.) More information here.

All the Better...

Blue-Ringed Octopus

More information here.

Caroline Blackwood (1931-1996)

Portraits by Walker Evans, roundabout 1958. More information here.

Lucian Freud (1922-2011)

Girl with a White Dog (1952). More information here.

George Chinnery (1774-1852)

Mr and Mrs Richmond Thackeray and their Son, William Makepeace Thackeray (1814). More information about Chinnery here.

Cartography!

A Flat Earth map of the world, a birthday present from my friend Daniil Aleksandrov.

Current Favourite Sentence

The title of Pijade's novel, first published in 1921, and republished in 2001, is Strast (Passion), and it is the romantic, tragic, and rather gothic tale of unfortunate love between two nuns.

Konstantin Balmont (1867-1942)

Portrait By Valentin Serov, 1905. More information here.

Constantin Noica (1909-1987)

More information here.