Archive - The Fantastical Daybook of Vladislav Davidzon

A Year Later: "Is Trump’s Nobel Prize Waiting in Kyiv?"

I do not have the stomach to write about what happened at Brown University and in Australia yesterday.

20 hrs ago • Vladislav Davidzon

New York City Diary (Dec 2025)

Zelensky on the front line; my love affair with a ballerina; giving Mel Brooks a blowjob; Hasidic Weddings!

Dec 12 • Vladislav Davidzon

Saturday Poem (By Bernard-Henri Levy!)

BHL's fabulous and generous introduction to my second book "The Birth of a Political Nation"

Dec 6 • Vladislav Davidzon

New York City Autumn 2025 Art Rundown

Art of the NYC Autumn season- exhibitions of Monet's Venice, Wifredo Lam, Alex Katz, Duane Linklater, Richard Serra and Chiharu Shiota.

Dec 3 • Vladislav Davidzon

November 2025

The Situation In Ukraine Podcast

I explain the corruption scandal in Ukraine and the cowardice of the Belgian gov in the face of demands to give Kyiv the 140 billion Euro of frozen…

Nov 19 • Vladislav Davidzon

More Russian Destruction Of Ukrainian Culture

Kyiv art studios are bombed and a well known Ukrainian war photographer is killed on the front lines.

Nov 18 • Vladislav Davidzon

Critic Clive James Reads Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Australian critic died 6 years ago this month. I reread his most deliciously spiteful essay.

Nov 13 • Vladislav Davidzon

Ukrainian Culture Roundup/Gonzo Odessa Diary

Pages from my diary -Odessa Black Sea Security Forum (May 30, 2025)

Nov 10 • Vladislav Davidzon

My Saturday Poem

Nov 8 • Vladislav Davidzon

On Collecting Max Beerbohm: The Glittering Dandy Prince Of Minor Writers

A glance through my collection of Beerbohm books and artifacts

Nov 7 • Vladislav Davidzon

Odessa Mayor And Pushkin's Statue Are Both Placed Under House Arrest

What do the former Mayor of Odessa Hennadiy Trukhanov and the Russian Bard have in common?

Nov 5 • Vladislav Davidzon

My Saturday Poem

Nov 1 • Vladislav Davidzon

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