So, you thought classical musicians were pussies

How often we relax to the quintessential melodies of Spain’s Isaac Albéniz (1860 – 1909). His Rapsodia Espanola, Sevilla and Granada, based on Catalan folk songs, are perhaps the better-known of his compositions. These exquisite heartrending melodies evoke the Spanish dream more than could any Goya painting but what of the man behind the music?

HOW TO LOOK LIKE A MILLIONAIRE

A popular truism is that you are known by the company you keep’.  I pondered this when walking with my companion we attracted pitying glances. Whilst I was reasonably attired my companion looked like a down and out. Wearing ill-fitting jeans and a jumper that had seen better days my friend was also in desperate need of a shave and haircut.

Sanctions! Consult the People? How Dare He?

For the second time, the Hungarian government wants the names of four Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin removed from the EU sanctions list. Permanent Representative of Poland to the EU Andrzej Sados called such actions ‘incomprehensible and shameful.’ Moreover, now that the tenth package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus is being actively discussed in the EU, Viktor Orbán is preparing the ground for countering them, writes Wirtualna Polska. 

Sorry, we shot our own Government Envoy

In the office of Ukrainian President Zelensky, the murder of a Ukrainian negotiator Denis Kireev was explained by an error made in the work of the special services. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, confessed that Denis Kireev, a participant in Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, was not in fact an agent of Russia. According to him, the murder of the banker on March 5, 2022 is due to errors in the work of law enforcement agencies.