Faith · Art
Simon Marmion produced the “Hours of Jean de Gros” between 1474 and 1484
The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Singing Angels. Simon Marmion, "Hours of Jean de Gros", between 1474 and 1484
Alexandr Radayev
Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
The Furby of the 2000s and Labubu as demonic dolls of different generations
Everyone who witnessed the great Furby craze knows they were demonic, even those who do not ordinarily believe in demons. It would seem that every generation is palmed off with its own demonic doll. True, the standard Furby of the 2000s was half the size, and it was supposed that
NB! · Art · Museums
In the paintings and portraits of Giorgione there is often a mysterious figure, or several, as in this portrait of a warrior of 1505 from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
In the paintings and portraits of Giorgione there is often a mysterious figure, or several, as in this portrait of a warrior of 1505 from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Who is this sinister stranger, peering so intently into the warrior's face? Why does he hold the man&
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Do Not Mention It
Science · Education · Society · Humour
The White List includes 3,120 Russian journals, among them an Astrakhan University publication
The Russian part of the Unified State List of Scientific Publications, the "White List", has recently been compiled. In all, 3120 journals have made it onto the list, which is to say practically the whole of the former "VAK list". We are told that "the
Faith · Observations · Society
A call for Europe to wake up and a man with a flag on a lion sculpture
Millions of Christians took to the streets of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, London… Europe, wake up, it is high time!
Faith · Cinema · Pop Culture
It Turns Out Disney Cut the Scene Where Snow White Prays to God from the Remake
Well, well, well
NB! · Art · Moscow
Open-air ballet at Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow
Ballet in the open air at Patriarch's Ponds. Moscow 🩷
Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Society
On Moscow Day, the author urges residents to protect the city's character and history
Some Time Alone with a Beloved City. On this day, Moscow Day, we must remember as never before that it lies in our power alone to preserve Moscow from vulgarity and the spirit of the age, from being grabbed by the greasy hands of capitalists, from ignorant petty officials, from
Faith · Art · Humour
The Sun and the Moon Await the Coming of Christ
The Sun and the Moon await the coming of Christ. Their faces suggest that they know exactly how you spent the summer. This full-page fifteenth-century miniature illustrates one of the signs preceding the Last Judgement. The medieval tradition of giving the Sun and the Moon human faces is
NB! · Humour
How Exactly Do You Propose to Use This Chair?
Books · Mores · Saint Petersburg · Society Pages
Yulia Demidenko's book on Saint Petersburg restaurants presented at Podpisnye Izdaniya
While Moscow plunges into the raging art scene, Saint Petersburg calmly opens the autumn social season. And in the history of Petersburg, as you know, the society dinner was always more than a mere taking of nourishment: it was a form of conversation, a platform for ideas and a place