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Alex

About Me

I'm currently learning Russian (albeit slowly) and hope one day to be able to read Dostoyevsky in Russian. I like to read quite a lot of history and literature and go through phases of what I am interested in. I'm currently doing a masters in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law which I think is one of the longest degree titles possible. I'm hoping to get to law school later this year and waste more money and time to become a lawyer of some description.

My Blog

Easby Abbey

Some photos I took when Sarah and I went to Easby Abbey which is near Richmond, North Yorkshire.  
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:57:00 GMT

Lakes

Some photos from when we went to the Lakes (Ulleswater). Sadly I didn't take that many photos for various reasons. Hmm. So here they are:
Posted by on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:51:00 GMT

Recipe: Chicken in White Wine

What you need: Chicken breast (1 per person), 1 onion (very finely sliced), white wine (I used probably about glass), small tub of single cream, black pepper and some mixed herbs (latter optional) Wha...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:24:00 GMT

Borat

Well I've not seen the film yet but I've just read on BBC News that two people (students) tricked into saying racist things are suing the production company because they were 'tricked'. The report goe...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:50:00 GMT

Life etc.

So what has been happening? My course is going well although there is a considerable amount of reading to do but it's interesting (for now) so it doesn't matter too much. Human rights and the law...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:10:00 GMT

Sunsets

Some sunset photos taken from my room. I suppose they would be better if I took them from either outside or upstairs where I can actually open the window properly (damn you campus security). Oh well. ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:17:00 GMT

A conspiracy?

I was watching the news today and it said that two people had been killed when a crane collapsed on a building site in London. Now I realise that this is a tragedy but I couldn't help noticing somethi...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:35:00 GMT

Miscellaneous photos

Some miscellaneous pictures I've taken over the summer. The cat photos were difficult to take as she had her head just resting over the landing rail and it was darkish so I had to play around a little...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:12:00 GMT

More Russian photos

Well I've been a bit slow in putting these up but these are the photos of people, sunsets and the beach near to where I was staying - note the state of the beach. Also please note that some are blurre...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:28:00 GMT

St Petersburg

Just some general observations about Russia/St Petersburg from what I saw/did in St Petersburg. I know I was only there for four weeks and in such a short space of time it's hard to fully appreci...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:34:00 GMT