Art · Humour
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
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NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Archive · Books
The East · Geography · Science · Society · Nature
Analyst Arvind Kumar and Him Lal Gautam, Chief Surveyor of Nepal's Department of Survey, have published an article on the Himalayan flood of 26 August 2026. A rock-and-ice avalanche broke away that day from the northern slope of Langtang Lirung and turned into a debris flow,
The East · Archaeology · Faith · Observations · Ethnography
The petroglyph from Misida (2) in northern Sudan, near the Third Cataract of the Nile, consists of a male figure about two and a half metres tall and two goats. The figure is thought to depict a ruler of Kush, the ancient kingdom in Nubia, in present-day Sudan, whose
The Golden Age · Books · Moscow · Observations · Society
On the subject of Moscow's closed bookshops. Akademkniga on Vavilov Street did not survive the realities of life in the 2020s. Many will probably remember what a shock its closure was in 2019, later briefly interrupted by the shop's reopening. But in 2021, incidentally the Year
NB! · Cinema · People · Pop Culture · Rome
Alla Demidova at 33, in Rome. Today this beauty turned 90!
The East · Interviews · Society
NB! · Books · Moscow · Observations
Yes, it is now a somewhat different shop: a new style, a new interior, and no more second-hand department under the ceiling, but the old crystal chandelier has survived, and a cosy courtyard has appeared. It is gratifying that books will go on living within these walls
The Golden Age · Archive · Moscow · Mores
Photo by Lev Borodulin
Archaeology · Science · Ethnography
Researchers have analysed the skeletons of 199 people, found by archaeologists at six sites in central and southern Greece, and concluded that in the Bronze Age it was young people who moved between communities most often. The study forms part of the European project The Rise II, which brings together
The East · In the Press · Science · Society
Asia Times journalist Gabriel Honrada writes that reports of a Chinese satellite being refuelled in orbit have sharpened the US–China rivalry in space. In September the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported that Chinese researchers had announced the first refuelling of a navigation satellite in high orbit.