The Harold Nicolson Diaries: 1907-1963
Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMG (21 November 1886 – 1 May 1968) was an English diplomat, author, diarist and politician.
Amongst these diaries there a brief insightful portrait of King Carol II of Romania, whom Harold Nicolson visited in Bucharest:
“He had ordered he said, a purely Romanian luncheon. God, it was good! In spite of my feeling so faint, I gobbled hard. We talked agreeably. He is a bounder, but less of a bounder than he seemed in London. He was more at ease. His Windsor blue eyes were wistful and he had something behind them. He spoke with intelligence about Chamberlain and Eden and the Italian Agreement and the French cabinet and the league of Nations. He was well-informed and most sensible. We kept all debating topics away.”
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este absolut eveident ca dupa expozitia Grigorescu dela Agen si Barbizon, urmata de expozitia de la Quimper toate localitati cu o populatie redusa si de un interes cultural limitat, putem afirma ca Arta culturii romanesti, asa cum este ea gerata de nastrusnicii nostri kulturnici este plimbata “in parteneriat” prin locuri periferice si provincii cu densitate urbana scazuta, ca “din lac in put,” iar impactul cultural in strainatate este absolut infim. Aceasta este cu atat mai jenant cu cat fondurile de organizare nu ar fi cu mult mai mari daca asemenea expozitii ar avea loc in marile orase ale Frantei, cunoscute vaduri de cultura si de intelectualitate. Dar aceste ‘detalii’, asa cum am mai spus, nu sunt luate in consideratie de cei (i)responsabili, fie pentru ca nu isi dau seama, din lipsa unei suprafate intelectuale sau fie pentru ca, pur si simplu, nu se sinchisesc pentru ca nu o fac pe banii lor si ori si cum nimeni nu le tine socoteala: sau cu alte cuvinte orbul conduce pe orb in acea atmosfera calduta de autosatisfactie inepta ale infinitelor cumetrii.
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Orwell Diaries 1931- 1949
Edited by Peter Davison, Publ: Harvil Secker
ISBN 9781846553295
(sourced from ten original diary notebooks)
I bought Orwell’s Diaries thinking that I could glean more information about his philosophical conversion from Spanish Republicanism to what had become later a lucid critic of left-wing dictatorship. It appears, sadly, that two notebooks of diaries [...]
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Romanian-born French man, Mircea Milcovitch is a sculptor, painter and engraver whose profile in the French artistic landscape gained not only national but international recognition. His latest retrospective at the Hôtel Montulé, Dreux is open to 30th November 2009.
Here the visitor could see for the first time the most representative oeuvre of the artist’s life, [...]
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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
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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 [...]
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September 6th, 2006 · Comments Off · Diary
ROMANIA VAZUTA DE LA LONDRA – problema copiilor Abandonati
ROMANII – RUDELE SARACE ALE EUROPEI:
Sunt cam deprimat de cand, pe canalele englezesti ale televiziuniii, tot ce se discuta este despre valul iminent de imigranti romani si bulgari care ar incerca sa vina sa lucreze in Marea Britanie odata cu noua extindere a UE.
Motivul acestei ingrijorari? [...]
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Izmenelile Profesorului Izmenetzky Junior
(sau: “Vrei, nu vrei, bea Grigore aghiazma!)
Pentru acei cititori care mai ar avea inca dubii asupra originii mioritice al numelui Profesorului Izmenetzky, trebuie sa-i asigur dintr-un inceput ca este un patronim perfect respectabil si neaos Romanesc.
Pentru aceasta mai bine sa ne referim la dictionarul etimologic al regretatului Alexandru Cioranescu ca sa stabilim [...]
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17 MARTIE – ZIUA SFANTULUI PATRICK
DE ZIUA NATIONALA A IRLANDEI, ROMANIA SALUTA IRLANDA
(Constantin Roman, Londra, Martie 2006)
Patrick este cel mai obisnuit pronume al Irlandezilor cu echivalentul feminin de Patricia, amandoua folosind, acelasi diminutiv – Pat, oarecum confuz pentru identitatea genului. Cel mai vechi text din literatura Irlandeza este chiar documentul scris de catre episcopul [...]
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Carissima Principessa,
You were kind enough to send me a link and I thank you for it:
http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2005/06_Giugno/19/suora.shtml
Romania, giovane suora muore crocifissa
Era stata legata per tre giorni a una croce di legno da quattro suore e da un abate per un rito di esorcismo
[img align=right]http://www.romanianstudies.org/images/articles/exorcism/mad_priest.jpg[/img]BUCAREST – Una giovane suora di 23 anni, tenuta per tre giorni legata [...]
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November 4th, 2004 · Comments Off · Diary
Journal Londonez: impresii dintr-o plimbare duminicala pe malul Tamisei.
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