Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov

There has been such interest in my posting on Stakhanovite homoeroticism that I thought I would post a few close-ups of the mural. The light fittings get in the way a bit, but you can pretend that they represent the fires of passion.

The chap at the bottom of that last one may represent Diogenes addressing a meeting of the directors of the Royal Canal Company.