Business - IN BRIEF - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and Russia

The Saint Petersburg Times online about to celebrate it's 1000th issue. (Yeah I'm still deep into turning the story of the Siege of Leningrad into a movie script...) The St. Petersburg Times

Concert on 19 September 2004 at King's College Chapel, Cambridge

Hah! I'm going to this concert in three weeks time. It's going to be so cool! Taveners going to be there and everything. Concert Diary

Writer's Handbook 2004

Ah, now this look useful... Writer's Handbook 2004

The UK FILM COUNCIL - UK Film Council

Another film site for the UK. The UK FILM COUNCIL - UK Film Council

Welcome to the Writer's Guild of Great Britain

I'm writing a film treatment at the moment so this is of interest... Writer's Guild of Great Britain

The Observer %7C Food monthly %7C Orchestral manoeuvres %28part one%29

Made me weep! The amazing story of the Leningrad Symphony by Dmitry Shostakovich. (I'm trying to write a screenplay based on it and this article provides some valuable insights). The Observer

The film Rivers and Tides about the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy has just been released in the US. Roxie

BBC - Radio 3 - Discovering Music Archive

Discovering Music Archive : radio shows which analyse 'classical' music. This is a real goldmine - they have many of my favourites here. BBC

The String Instrument Personality Test

The String Instrument Personality Test. strings.html
I came out a Cellist - which doesn't really surprise me that much. Not as good as the Dead Russian Composer test.

The Dead Russian Composer Personality Test

The Dead Russian Composer Personality Test. russcomp.html
To my delight I turned out to be Dmitry Shostakovich who is my current obsession - I'm working on a film about the Leningrad Symphony and the Seige of Leningrad in 1941-44.

Ever wondered how Black Sabbath are linked to The Beatles? Six degrees of separation for rock bands. Kevin Finn

A really rather comprehensive site on Shostakovich. I've been listening to the 8th String Quartet a lot lately. Love it. Also reading Volkov's new book Shostakovich and Stalin which is very good. Shostakovichiana

The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA)

No comments required I think... The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA)