From foot to foot
Behind the classical facade of a long, elegant building in the heart of St Petersburg there is a special school, as steeped in tradition and history as Eton, Harvard or Harrow. For here, tucked away behind
the Pushkin Drama Theater on Ulitsa Rossi, children from all over Russia and the world are taken and turned into instruments of artistic and creative perfection. Chris Graeme reports
A love affair with mother England
The royal visits of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles to St Petersburg last year have inspired a group of Russian artists to depict their personal impressions of the English monarchy in a variety of diverse and entertaining styles.
Cocktail 95: an artist caught up with a Jewish theme
"My parents were afraid to speak the Jewish language, but what
I'm presently working on has a Jewish theme," said artist Gennady Karabinsky at
the opening of his exhibition in the Staraya Derevnya restaurant.
Cruising with the Ace Driver
St Petersburg at last has its first Western-style amusement arcade complete with American computer war games.
RESTAURANT REVIEW: Dining in regal splendor
Where in St Petersburg can you feast in imperial splendor and not have to pay a king's ransom? The answer is the Nikolai. The Nikolai is a restaurant with a difference, since here you dine in genuine regal surroundings for the restaurant is situated in what was once a palace.
ROCK & JAZZ MUSIC
New Russian rock magazine
An unusual new Russian-language music magazine devoted to rock will soon hit the streets after a lavish local christening in St Petersburg's Irish pub Mollies last week. The unusual thing is the fact that the publication, which is called O! Magazine, is written, edited and printed in London, but intended for the Russian market.
