Chizhik-Pyzhik is a tiny statue of a bird. It sits on a pedestal built into the stonework of the riverside near the Pantelejmonov bridge that crosses the River Fontanki in Saint Petersburg. Locals like to throw small coins onto the platform near the bird’s legs in the belief that if the coin lands on the … Read more
30.06.2017 Day Zero- and we are in Saint Petersburg. In the airport there are taxi touts hovering around where passengers arrive. We ask what the price is and decline it. A walk along the airport building to a young man by a sign advertising an airport taxi. Half the price and in line with what … Read more
This article is about the Stourbridge Fair at the Leper Chapel. It was held here on the outskirts of Cambridge, and was at one time the biggest in England and some say, in Europe. Here is the Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor George Pippas, together with two proctors of the University of Cambridge. One of the … Read more