Notes on the XXII Olympiad Moscow – 1980 (Moscow and Me addendum one)

The boycotts continue. It’s likely that American readers of this blog know less about the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow than any other in the era of major contracts to televise the Games. The reason for this is, of course, …

Moscow and Me

My visit to Moscow was nearly, but not quite, the bookend to the trip that started in Beijing. Our small group boarded a train in Beijing early on the morning of 5 June 2013. Twelve days later we arrived in …

Humans arrive in Beijing (Beijing and Me supplement two)

Africa. China. Africa. In his 1871 book The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin became the first person to propose the idea that it was “probable” that Africa was the cradle of humans and, in fact, Africa has been the focus …