Det här är jättekonstigt. I natt drömde jag att jag befann mig på Gotland, och att vattnet tog slut pga någon slags kris. I dag berättar DN att gotländska vattentäkter utsatts för sabotage. Spooky.

It’s infallible: when war is looming, people head to the opera. Tonight: a Czech national icon. Guess the title!

This gloomy interpretation of Dante Alighieri (by an unknown Prague artist) doesn’t quite rhyme with the lovely quote - but alas, it does rhyme with the present times, and with the darkest parts of Divina Commedia.

@Rudolfinum yesterday, Prague’s extraordinary concert hall: two very fine world premières, one by Jiri Teml, the other a cello concerto for Alisa Weilerstein by Richard Blackford; wrapping up this happy evening, Debussy’s La mer. Audience dressed up - men with bow ties, no less! Very posh.

#praguelibraries: in the course of one week I’ve acquired three (!) librarycards, for the pleasure of entering these palaces of wisdom. Do I have to explain why I struggled with the 17th century handcrafted lock in the Czech National Library reading room..?

I love libraries ❣️ @ Academy of Sciences, Prague

Lindy Larsson as ”Carmen” at Gorkijtjeater / Berlin - what a knockout experience! Funny, queer, touching and beautiful to hear the Seguidilla in romani . This might be the best production I’ve seen ❣️🎵 thank you Katarina Szeczi Åsbrink for a lovely weekend - and this perfect treat!