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Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6687-4647

Berlin Revisited

Berlin Revisited

(was going to call it Berlin do your Wurst. Although the temperature plummeted immediately on our arrival, it never does.) The History of Berlin I have written before about my father receiving a DAAD scholarship which provided the excuse for my mother, Ianthe (extraordinary that my granny and grandpa, if

Αθήνα

Αθήνα

we arrived, entered the White Box, not so inviting a concept in these temperatures, the polar vortex throwing its arms and legs out of bed, and the wind frigid, with only a heat-pump for heating, missing the ambient heat of our room in İstanbul, yet again (a heat-pump was supposed

reading Bergson: after the advent of cinema, series 1

reading Bergson: after the advent of cinema, series 1

I present the sections below, + or - one or two, as an independent series because, in completing a trajectory of thought, they seem to complete themselves. Each was written, although in succession, mostly represented by the numerial series from ⓪–⑩, in independent response to a problem, not necessarily philosophical, I had

Χανιά, Κρήτη

Χανιά, Κρήτη

note: Chania, the second largest town-city in Crete, is 'ch' as in loch. video of where the last post left us, still in Ramadan, İstanbul Havalimanı: 0:00 /0:18 1× Taxi from Heraklion (Ηράκλειο) airport, called Νίκος Καζαντζάκης, to Chania. Yes, Nikos Kazantzakis, known in the anglophone

Aya İrini, Kadıköy, Çiçek Pasajı

Aya İrini, Kadıköy, Çiçek Pasajı

Every intention of visiting one of two intact remaining Byzantine churches in İstanbul, Aya İrini, Hagia Irene or Αγία Ειρήνη in the original Greek, the other being Θεοτόκος Παναγιώτισσα, Mary of the Mongols. Acknowledged by Kübra in Fener-Balat as a heroine of İstanbul, the church in her name is still

İstanbul Modern: Semiha Berksoy

İstanbul Modern: Semiha Berksoy

Semiha Berksoy: Aria of All Colors ... a major exhibition devoted to Semiha Berksoy (1910–2004), celebrates a pioneering artist whose versatility and resolve enabled her to break new ground in both Türkiye and Europe. The exhibition brings together her expansive body of work – spanning the performing arts, visual arts, cinema,

Büyükada, Princes' Islands Sea of Marama

Büyükada, Princes' Islands Sea of Marama

Although called the Princes' Islands, named as being a place of exile for unwanted heirs apparent, I know it for the exile of Byzantine queens and empresses who are favoured in John Ash's account (cf. After Ash). The great English poet who lived and drank in İstanbul