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Spring in Serbia

Spring in Serbia

Shortly before we set off for Serbia, an acquaintance of ours hurriedly posted photographs of

Pale Fire

Pale Fire

Are you quite sure you know what colour blue is? I was quite sure myself—until

A Grey Room for Feeling

A Grey Room for Feeling

Art is not only a matter of beauty. It is also a matter of fellow

Eighty Centuries Without Moving House

Eighty Centuries Without Moving House

Just outside Belgrade lies the village of Vinča, which has given its name to an

Snake, Sneak, Snail

Snake, Sneak, Snail

Etymology occasionally hands one a plot that any detective novelist would envy. Take Serbian. The

An Ottoman Echo in the Culinary Code

An Ottoman Echo in the Culinary Code

Serbs will tell you with considerable pride about their heroic resistance and their eventual deliverance

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