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Five things I have learned in life - 13th October 2011
October 13, 2013 / 3 CommentsOn the BBC News website there is something that they call an “occasional series” in which they ask well-known people to name five things they have learned in life. This has inspired me to do the same... Five things I have learned in life. Biography Name: Timothy [..]
Exhibition of Pedja Todorović`s illustrations of Aesop`s Fables - 08.10.2011
October 08, 2013 / 0 CommentsHere`s another blog in Serbian - my short speech at the opening of the exhibition of Pedja Todorovic`s illustrations for a new edition of a Selection of Aesop`s Fables by Dositej Obradović, at the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade. Otvaranje izložbe Predraga Pedje [..]
Steve Jobs - 07.10.2011
October 07, 2013 / 0 CommentsI shall start by admitting that I do not have an Apple computer or laptop, neither do I have an iPad or have any intention of buying one. I have an iPod but it annoys me that I can only change its contents by using iTunes, which often creates chaos with my albums, probably because I haven’t [..]
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra - 01.10.2011
October 01, 2013 / 1 CommentsWhen will Belgrade get a new concert hall? Yesterday evening my wife and I attended the Belgrade Philharmonic Concert at Kolarac. This is something we have been doing every Friday during the concert season for the past three years. The concert, conducted by the superb and exciting [..]
Grape picking - 24th September 2011
September 24, 2013 / 0 CommentsToday I spent the morning picking grapes in Grocka. Picking them by hand, just as man has done for thousands of years. I immediately thought of Jung, who wrote many times of the importance of doing as many as possible of the basic things of life by hand, mentioning above all carrying water and [..]
Barcelona - 13.09.2011
September 13, 2013 / 0 CommentsI’ve just returned from a six-day visit to Barcelona, organized by Filip Travel from Belgrade. It is the first time I have used this agency and will say immediately that I am more than pleased with their planning and organization, and most important of all, with the quality of the travel [..]
The Hand of Fate - 03.09.2011
September 03, 2013 / 1 CommentsThanks to exhaustive research carried out by my cousin Peter Byford, the son of my father’s younger brother, I have learned some very interesting things about my ancestors. The following comes from a book called `Foul Deeds and Suspicious deaths in Barking, Dagenham and Chadwell Heath` by [..]
Bohinj, Slovenia - 28th August 2011
August 28, 2013 / 3 CommentsI have just returned from a week’s holiday in Bohinj, Slovenia, which for me is truly heaven on earth. This was by no means my first visit, although it was the first since Slovenia became an independent country. I filmed several scenes for my series “Poletarac” in Bohinj, [..]
Cricket, lovely cricket - 14th August 2011
August 14, 2013 / 2 CommentsCricket On Saturday I attended a cricket match between the Serbian team and a team from the London School of Commerce. It was played at the Radnički Football Club’s stadium in New Belgrade, not an ideal venue for cricket, mainly because the grass on a cricket field is kept [..]
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