Robert Alor
@robertalor.bsky.social
in the Buda hills
'I can't get over
how it all works in together' – J.
'I can't get over
how it all works in together' – J.
Reposted by Robert Alor
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Sometimes things move so
fast they seem to have arrived
before they were launched.
My father, loathing
early computers, preferred
counting in his head.
His head was crowded
with numbers. He had worn them
in terrible times
and rarely lost count.
Sometimes things move so
fast they seem to have arrived
before they were launched.
My father, loathing
early computers, preferred
counting in his head.
His head was crowded
with numbers. He had worn them
in terrible times
and rarely lost count.
October 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Sometimes things move so
fast they seem to have arrived
before they were launched.
My father, loathing
early computers, preferred
counting in his head.
His head was crowded
with numbers. He had worn them
in terrible times
and rarely lost count.
Sometimes things move so
fast they seem to have arrived
before they were launched.
My father, loathing
early computers, preferred
counting in his head.
His head was crowded
with numbers. He had worn them
in terrible times
and rarely lost count.
Reposted by Robert Alor
A 25 minute film based on interviews with me in England and in Hungary on the occasion of being awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry. The film is in English with Hungarian subtitles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbNz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbNz...
Az irodalom hazatalál – Portréfilm George Szirtesről/ Literaure Comes Home: A Film on George Szirtes
YouTube video by literaTV
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June 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A 25 minute film based on interviews with me in England and in Hungary on the occasion of being awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry. The film is in English with Hungarian subtitles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbNz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbNz...
London Review Bookshop Podcast: Owen Hatherley & Michael Hofmann: The Alienation Effect
Episode webpage: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events
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Episode webpage: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events
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November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
London Review Bookshop Podcast: Owen Hatherley & Michael Hofmann: The Alienation Effect
Episode webpage: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events
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Episode webpage: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events
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Music school, Buda
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Music school, Buda
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Buda
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Buda
'I’ve been a happy person because I had the opportunity all my life to do what I loved most: I played throughout my life'
Molnár-C. Pál (1894-1981)
'Beauty is the inexhaustible source of happiness for those who discover its whereabouts. It hides everywhere'
Molnár-C. Pál (1894-1981)
'Beauty is the inexhaustible source of happiness for those who discover its whereabouts. It hides everywhere'
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
'I’ve been a happy person because I had the opportunity all my life to do what I loved most: I played throughout my life'
Molnár-C. Pál (1894-1981)
'Beauty is the inexhaustible source of happiness for those who discover its whereabouts. It hides everywhere'
Molnár-C. Pál (1894-1981)
'Beauty is the inexhaustible source of happiness for those who discover its whereabouts. It hides everywhere'
Reposted by Robert Alor
An evergreen for this day - youtube.com/watch?v=I1Pf...
Samuel Beckett | Interview for Swedish Television (1969) Nobel prize
YouTube video by ESKENION
youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
An evergreen for this day - youtube.com/watch?v=I1Pf...
Reposted by Robert Alor
Had never occurred to me that all these French town names are in fact plurals (as are many Romanian town names..)
- Rickard, History of the French Language, p. 5
- Rickard, History of the French Language, p. 5
September 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Had never occurred to me that all these French town names are in fact plurals (as are many Romanian town names..)
- Rickard, History of the French Language, p. 5
- Rickard, History of the French Language, p. 5
Reposted by Robert Alor
Trees in electric light, Jajce 1903, by Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
July 26, 2023 at 3:16 PM
Trees in electric light, Jajce 1903, by Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
Reposted by Robert Alor
"A daily walk, the simple act of collecting leaves, or sitting quietly in a park can be deeply restorative. These experiences remind us that change is part of life’s cycle, and that beauty exists in every stage of transformation."
Vincent van Gogh, Avenue of Poplars in Autumn, 1884
Vincent van Gogh, Avenue of Poplars in Autumn, 1884
September 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"A daily walk, the simple act of collecting leaves, or sitting quietly in a park can be deeply restorative. These experiences remind us that change is part of life’s cycle, and that beauty exists in every stage of transformation."
Vincent van Gogh, Avenue of Poplars in Autumn, 1884
Vincent van Gogh, Avenue of Poplars in Autumn, 1884