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Georges Clemenceau's Toothbrush Kept Its Secrets for a Century. French museum curators never cease to astonish. This time with their scholarly labours. Having examined the toothbrush of the Prime Minister of France in 1906 to 1909 and again in 1917 to 1920, researchers have managed to reconstruct his
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This year has about this much left. We shan't be rewinding
Faith · Books · Rome
The Vatican's publishing house has issued a new edition of Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection's "The Practice of the Presence of God", which, in the words of Pope Leo XIV, shaped his own path to knowing the Lord and loving Him. The Pontiff has
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Remember how everyone was recently discussing the sale at Christie's of an imperial Fabergé egg for £22 million? It has emerged that the "Imperial Winter Egg" is a fake. Moreover, the maker himself has confirmed that he produced two such eggs on a private commission in
Faith · Observations · Society
If God Exists, He Does Not Know That People on Earth Have Split into Various Churches. This very strange, even paradoxical, statement was heard during a live Q&A. The Christian Church was founded neither by the apostles, nor by communities of believers, nor by historical circumstance, but by
Observations · Society
Nothing speaks of confidence in one's own legacy quite like a string of insults immortalised on a memorial plaque beneath a predecessor's name. American political culture never ceases to astonish, and the Trump years have brought a great deal that is new. Take, for instance, those
Faith · Cinema · People
Stills from the 1922 film Salomé. The film, based on the play by Oscar Wilde, was directed by Charles Bryant, and today it is regarded as one of the boldest and most radical works of the early cinema. The title role was played by Alla Nazimova, one of the most
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Singer Lou Doillon, youngest daughter of Jane Birkin, told an anecdote from life at the opening of a bridge named in honour of the actress:. My son asked me: is your mother still dead? I answered him: yes, but today she is becoming a bridge. One hopes it was the
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Art · Observations · New York
Good Lord, how tired one is of Rothko and Klimt. The auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s have tallied up the year. Christie’s projected sales came to $6.2 billion, almost 7% more than last year. After a quiet first half, sales picked up considerably in the autumn.