RESTAURANT REVIEW: Traditional Russian fare at historic Literature Cafe
When a cafe is already one of the most well-known in the city, it might be tempting to attempt tourist highway robbery. Thankfully Pushkin's old hang-out, the Literature Cafe, offers a good menu and
quiet atmosphere at a price about what you'd expect for a tourist attraction, without going overboard.
TRAVEL
Head home through the heart of Russia
Summer is over. For many of St Petersburg's temporary foreign inhabitants that is the signal to be leaving for home. What better to part with Russia than cross its expanses on the world's longest railway? ALLISON LAWLER did just that.
The Italians sweep into the Hermitage
Italian cultural life swept into St Petersburg last week in the form of an extraordinary exhibition of pictures from the family art collection of the Italian Corsini princes.
80 years on, it's that chime again
For 80 years the halls of the Hermitage Museum have
been lacking one of their pre-revolutionary sounds -- the curious antics of the
famous Peacock clock. But now a team of Hermitage specialists has just
completed a two month overhaul of the clock. KIT VLADIMIROV reports on the
clock's revival.
Third reality strikes at video art show
Now that individual artists have access to a limitless electronic palate, people can watch and listen to their masterpieces for hours in the same way as they would stand and admire a Matisse or a Picasso.
