Faith · Observations
When the Saviour says “love your enemies”, it does not mean that we must bow down before evil, but that we must free ourselves from its shackles
Hieromonk Arseny Boka
Alexandr Radayev
NB! · Pop Culture · Humour
He Was Simply Watching Reels
Observations · Humour
Evidently, It Is the New Year That Approaches
Fasten your seat belts, as they say
NB! · Art · People
Office Work: the Australian Artist Shaun Tan
Museums · Observations · Heritage · Society · Paris
One of the Louvre robbers is reported to be 39-year-old Abdoulaye N., known on social media as Doudou Cross Bitume, chiefly for his acrobatic stunts, amateur musical performances and participation in motocross
So the theses that the "professionals" of "organised crime" were "very well prepared" collapse, and give way to the picture of a gang of suburban toughs, apparently of North African origin, who belonged to no special "elite" criminal fraternity of museum thieves
Faith · Observations · Society
The feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is celebrated on 4 November
Whatever Anyone May Say. ye who are in tribulations and in sorrows, and in sicknesses burdened with many sins but on 4 November, above all - The Feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
NB! · Faith · Monarchies · Society · People
A self-sacrificing peasant, burning with love for the Motherland, Ivan Susanin laid down his life for Rus, for the faith and for the Tsar
Archive · Books · Humour
Letter from Prince Pyotr Vyazemsky to Alexander Pushkin
The arse, too, is a certain representative of human nature, but it would be absurd for a painter to depict it as a typical attribute of man. Prince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky in a letter to Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
Architecture · Heritage · Society · Rome
Worker injured in Conti Tower collapse during restoration in Rome has died
In the centre of Rome, on Largo Corrado Ricci, a medieval tower has collapsed, built around 1238 by the brother of Pope Innocent III as the residence of the powerful Conti di Segni family. Last night one of the workers who had been trapped beneath the rubble died of his
Cinema · Observations · People · Humour
Warwick Davis and His Roles in Harry Potter
Warwick Davis and his roles in Harry Potter. I cannot explain it by anything other than the producers' keen desire to save a great deal of money on hiring actors of short stature. This curiosity is to some extent played upon in the comedy series about Davis's
NB! · Archive · Mores · Paris
A Child Walks a Little Dog in Montmartre in 1904
NB! · The East · Pop Culture · Humour