People

We tell you how our compatriots live in London and other cities around the world, what they do and where they work.

Read interviews with interesting people on our website.

How the founders of Notre Locus bookstore are helping to “rebuild” a home library in London

Notre Locus was originally conceived as a book and creative space for expats from different countries. "It is often literature…

7 months ago

Alexei Zimin. How a Jew from the USSR Changed the British Empire

It's all the Jews' fault, of course. And Communists. And Russians. 100 years ago it was the same people. The…

2 years ago

How former VTB deputy chairman Vadim Levin left bankers for photographers

On one of the sites on the Internet you can find classic black and white photographs: panoramic views of St.…

2 years ago

English notes by a Ukrainian woman. Part 2: “A tongue will lead to anything.”

You can read the first part here. When I was a kid, it made me laugh that the English in…

2 years ago

English notes by a Ukrainian woman. Part 1: “War and Coffee.”

It's 7am on the clock, and my feeling is that it's at least noon. I had already baked croissants, baited…

2 years ago