tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post6049786427638158250..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : "We will name this tunnel after you" - Viktor Popkov (1932 - 1974)Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-14765773922745398182014-04-17T22:30:09.663+02:002014-04-17T22:30:09.663+02:00Thanks Rachel. I'm about as close to Ukraine a...Thanks Rachel. I'm about as close to Ukraine as you are to Scotland. The place is almost totally corrupt. The situation is fraught with danger. The Russians are more than welcome to it, is my opinion. But I don't think even the Russians want it. So why we, that is the EU, should want to mess around with it is a total mystery to me. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-67966721817748661432014-04-17T20:02:12.095+02:002014-04-17T20:02:12.095+02:00Jockum Nodstrum, a Swedish artist, not sure if spe...Jockum Nodstrum, a Swedish artist, not sure if spelling is correct, but this work reminded me visually of his although I can see that Popkov, the Russian, is in a different league and you are thinking about the Ukraine and what is happening. Last year at this time I was in Russia. I wish that all the problems could be solved by art.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com