I francobolli di Tom of Finland
In Finlandia - l'unico Stato del Nord Europa a non aver ancora legalizzato le nozze gay - sono usciti da pochi giorni una serie molto speciale di francobolli dedicati all'artista Tom of Finland. Le sue illustrazioni ad alto livello di omoerotismo e feticismo - per non dire di pornografia - contraddi ...
On food and donating blood
Anybody who’s doing yoga knows how important the issue of good food is for a yogi. What you eat, how much you eat, when you eat… Ashtanga yogis tend to eat a lot due to the physically demanding nature of the practice. What one eats tends to change as one get more immersed in the practice as a result ...
***New Tracks*** (Delay Trees, Black Honey, Corbu, The Carousels, Bear In Heaven, Lamb, Orka, Deine Lakaien)
***Wednesday nights Postmodern feature new music from the likes of... Helsinki dreampop quartet Delay Trees with the new single/video for 'Steady' from their third album 'Readymade', released in january this year via Soliti Records. Black Honey, a new indiepop band from Brighton with their latest so ...
10 tärppiä Habitareen //
Sisustuksen ja muotoilun suurmessut Habitare 2014 on kierretty ja ihasteltu. Kiire tuli, mutta siitä huolimatta onnistuin löytämään useita minulle ennalta tuntemattomia tuotteita ja tekijöitä, joiden töistä innostuin kovasti. Koska Messukeskus vetää sisäänsä satoja näytteilleasettajia useammassa hal ...
The Alvar Aalto House and Studio
The visit to Alvar Aalto’s house and studio was one of the highlights of my trip to Helsinki. “What is so fascinating about an old house and office?” I hear you ask. It is fascinating because Alvar Aalto was one of the titans of the architecture world. His design influences were not constrained to a ...
Saku Koivu retires after 18 NHL seasons
Koivu, 39, represented his native Finland at four Olympics — winning four medals — as well as at seven World Championships, and was a two-time NHL all-star. He also won the Bill Masterton trophy in 2002 for dedication and perseverance and won the King ...
France’s Moscovici wins coveted EU economics job but looks isolated
Mr Moscovici is a former finance minister in the struggling government of President François Hollande, one of Europe’s leading advocates for more flexibility in the EU’s budget rules; Mr Katainen, the former prime minister of Finland, has long been ...
Separatists Around the World Draw Inspiration From Scotland
Busloads of Catalans, South Tiroleans, Corsicans, Bretons, Frisians and “Finland-Swedes” are headed for Scotland to witness the vote. Even Bavaria (which calls itself “Europe’s seventh-largest economy”) is sending a delegation. “It would create ...
After men, women also draw a blank at World Wrestling Championships
But her elation was short lived as she went down 1-3 to Finland's Petra Maarit Olli in the round of eight. Pooja, who had bagged a bronze medal in the 58kg freestyle category at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship earlier this year, failed to go beyond ...
