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Back in London
No posts recently, sorry! My main excuse is that I’m just back from a week teaching art and art history in Ukraine. It was a very exciting visit and I’m looking forward to returning next month and...
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Sunday afternoon in Donetsk
I’m already halfway through my two weeks in Donetsk. Until today, I’d only ventured outside the hotel to go to work or out with friends, always driven or escorted to a specific location with no danger...
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Cheburashka
Thanks to some new friends I am becoming properly educated in Ukrainian culture. Meet Чебура́шка (Cheburashka), an unknown species of cute furry creature who turns up in a box of oranges and his friend...
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Plasticine!
Today my pupil and I were hard at work making a plasticine town. We’re not finished yet, but have got the basic infrastructure sorted: hospital, roads, bakery, grandma’s house, slide, sandpit, golden...
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Jewel of Donetsk
Last week I paid another visit to Donetsk, a city in Eastern Ukraine where I’ve been regularly working as a teacher over the past few months. In November, I came across the most breathtakingly...
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Kiev: Day 1 – tour
My arrival in Kiev was greeted with torrential rain, claps of thunder, and lightning so bright the pictures look as though they were taken in broad daylight. So I was rather surprised to have come back...
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Kiev: Maidan
Walking through the centre of the city on the second day of my trip, I unwittingly wandered down Khreschatyk Street and into Maidan, where riots earlier this year led to the overthrowing of the...
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Return to Kiev
For the past few days I’ve been working in Kiev. As instability and violence continues to grow in Donetsk, my employers and many of my friends have relocated – hence my change of location too. The...
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