Contents of issue Summer 2005

The Hanging Gardens of Moscow
Or how to make a garden without getting your hands dirty

The Moscow Riviera
La dolce vita is only 7 kms away

Yelena Lyadova
Stage and Film actress, talks tough about stargazing

The People’s Paradise of Sochi
Piers Gladstone goes to the playground of the Crimea

Mushroom Picking
There is such a thing as a free lunch

Golf
Mixing business with pleasure

Motorcycle Racing
A Half a Million Dollar Hobby

Our Editor Wines and Dines
with Alexei Uchitel, director and producer of the film Dreaming of Space

California Gold
There’s gold in them thar bottles

Robin Templar-Williams
Landscape Gardener

Dining on the Water
We wanted to be by the water, to soothe our nerves with the sound of waves lapping against a wooden hull.