Cambridge Memoir (II) – Peterhouse 17. Lord Dewar’s rescue No sooner that I accepted, with great glee, my Presidency of the Peterhouse Grad. Soc. the style of leadership had to change. New blood was needed to inject some tonus in the proceedings and I was determined to encourage more social contacts amongst its members, by […]
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Cambridge Memoir (II) – Peterhouse
December 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Cambridge Memoir (II) – Peterhouse · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE, quotations, Uncategorized
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Cambridge Memoir (I) – Peterhouse
December 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Cambridge Memoir (I) – Peterhouse · Books, Diaspora, quotations, Uncategorized
Peterhouse has the oldest Hall in Cambridge, going back to its foundation, in 1284. The Hall was restored in the 19c century when it was decorated by William Morris. It could take up to over one hundred undergraduates, but as their number grew, two sittings were introduced and eventually a self-service system. Formal dinners got fewer and attendance was no longer compulsory. However, as meals were heavily subsidized from college funds and benefactions,
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Romanian Royals – Queen Anna de Romania, Pss. of Denmark and of Bourbon-Parma
May 12th, 2009 · Comments Off on Romanian Royals – Queen Anna de Romania, Pss. of Denmark and of Bourbon-Parma · Diary, Diaspora, PEOPLE, Uncategorized
Queen Anne of Romania, Princess of Denmark and of Bourbon-Parma – a descendant of the princes of Moldavia HM Queen Anne de Romania, Princess of Denmark and of Bourbon-Parme ——————————————– http://www.blouseroumaine.com/orderthebook_p1.html Regina Anna de Romania, Printesa de Danemarca si de Bourbon-Parma se trage, asa cum spune numele, din Bourboni, care au fost regii Frantei si […]
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Poetry in Translation (LDII): Melina MERCOURI, “Amici de Demult” (Mes amis d’hier) in romaneste de Constantin ROMAN
August 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on Poetry in Translation (LDII): Melina MERCOURI, “Amici de Demult” (Mes amis d’hier) in romaneste de Constantin ROMAN · Poetry, Translations, Uncategorized
Amici de demult, tovarasi de drum
Cu pasii pierduti
Prin ce tari ratacind prin coclauri de scrum
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Sanda Stolojan (1919-2005) – In Memoriam
August 20th, 2005 · Comments Off on Sanda Stolojan (1919-2005) – In Memoriam · Uncategorized
Sanda Stolojan, essayst, poet, memorialist, journalist, Interpreter to all French Presidents since de Gaulle and political activist for democracy and human rights in Romania, has died in Paris, at the age of 86. ———————————————————————————– Extract from the forthcoming Anthology of Romanian Women entitled “Blouse Roumaine” http://www.blouseroumaine.com/freeexcerpt_p23.html ——————————————————————————- Sanda Stolojan belongs to a family of Romanian […]
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Burton Y. Berry, Romanian Diaries, 1944-1947 (Reviewed by Russell Pittman
May 30th, 2005 · Comments Off on Burton Y. Berry, Romanian Diaries, 1944-1947 (Reviewed by Russell Pittman · Books, Reviews, Uncategorized
Russell Pittman: REVIEW: Burton Y. Berry, Romanian Diaries, 1944-1947 (ed. Cornelia Bodea). Iasi: The Center for Romanian Studies, 2000. 715 pp., ISBN 973-9432-07-7. Price: £ 32.95 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/9739432077/qid=1117437423/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_8_4/202-7237407-5767029 Romanian joke: The first post-1989 commercial American ship arrives at the Romanian harbor of Constanta. A dockworker asks the captain: “What took you guys so long?” The captain […]
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Portrait of the Danube Delta – Film Review
February 23rd, 2003 · Comments Off on Portrait of the Danube Delta – Film Review · Uncategorized
Blue Danube, Black Sea: a portrait of the Danube Delta By Paul Reddish Nature’s role call is impressive. As many as 500,000 wild geese, including all the world’s 60,000 or so red-breasted geese, the greatest congregation of pelicans outside of Africa, along with spoonbills, glossy ibis and another 300 species of birds. They all live […]
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Ancient Transylvanian Village under Imminent Threat
February 23rd, 2003 · Comments Off on Ancient Transylvanian Village under Imminent Threat · Uncategorized
[url=http://www.miningwatch.ca/]Mining Watch Canada:[/url] [b]Romanian villagers oppose Canadian gold mine at Rosia Montana[/b] (Ottawa, March 11, 2002) – A new citizens’ organization called Alburnus Major has been organized in Romania to oppose an open pit gold mine being promoted by Canadian company Gabriel Resources. They claim to represent 80% of the people living in Rosia Montana, […]
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Paunescu Controversy at St Andrews
February 22nd, 2003 · Comments Off on Paunescu Controversy at St Andrews · Uncategorized
by Jimmy Goldbergstein – The Glasgow Herald (Oct 2000) — – – – – – – – – – THE INCLUSION of a Romanian poet who had close links with former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu, sparked controversy at a recent St Andrews University poetry festival Romanian poet, Adrian Paunescu reading at the St Anza poetry […]
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Lucia Hossu-Longin
February 22nd, 2003 · Comments Off on Lucia Hossu-Longin · Uncategorized
“Memorialul Durerii”, a political TV Documentary series had been researched and produced for the Romanian TV by Lucia Hossu-Loghin. This is an epic story of Romania’s most notorious political prisons under Communism. Miss Hossu-Loghin had interviewed the survivors, or the families of those jailed, visited the sites where the crimes were perpetrated and even interviewed […]
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