Books · Humour
John Updike in “Rabbit, Run” on an adult walking down an alley instead of driving
It is quite unclear why a grown man is walking down the street on foot. Where is his car? John Updike, Rabbit, Run
Alexandr Radayev
Archive · Art · Moscow · People
Boris Shalyapin, who moved to France, on a walk through Moscow in 1960
Boris Chaliapin in Moscow in 1960. A stroll past the Ryabushinsky mansion, the Church of the Great Ascension at the Nikitsky Gates and along Spiridonovka. The elder son of Feodor Chaliapin, who had moved to France in 1925, visited Moscow several times during the years of the Thaw. An exhibition
Art · Monarchies · People
Napoleon's sabre of 1802 by Boutet, given to Marshal Grouchy before Waterloo
Napoleon's Sabre Sold for $5.2 Million. The sabre was made in 1802 to Napoleon's order, after he had been proclaimed Consul for Life. The work was carried out by the master armourer Nicolas-Noël Boutet, who directed the state arms workshop at Versailles. The blade
The East · Cinema · People
The Palme d'Or at Cannes goes to "It Was Just an Accident" by the Iranian director Jafar Panahi
The jury of the main competition this year was chaired by the French actress Juliette Binoche.
NB!
Small drawing of an orange object on aged paper, framed, in a gallery
Archaeology · Archive · The East · Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
Exhibition on the Khorezm Expedition combines archive documents and contemporary art
The Museum of the East has lent unique materials from the excavations of the Khorezm Archaeological and Ethnographic Expedition for the exhibition "Neither Together Nor Apart" at GES-2, on the link between archaeology and modernism and on how art can make. The Khorezm Expedition worked from 1937
Architecture · Moscow · Observations
Demolition of the “Negotsiant” residential complex near the Patriarshy Bridge
The Patriarshy Bridge over the Drainage Canal is under reconstruction. To get from Bolotny Island to Yakimanskaya Embankment, one must use the Maly Kamenny Bridge or the bridge by the monument to Peter, which, as far as I know, has no name. The elite residential complex "Negotiant" at
Archaeology · Observations · Heritage · Rome · Humour
Rome police detain a tourist with an ancient piece of marble from an archaeological site
A 20 kg Fridge Magnet Turns Out to Be the Base of an Ancient Column. The Rome police have detained a tourist who was carrying off an ancient chunk of marble from one of the city's archaeological sites. I am not sure what in this news item provokes
Faith · Art · Society · Humour
The Nuremberg Peace Banquet, at Which Representatives of the States and Churches Celebrated the Successful Negotiations That Ended the Thirty Years' War in 1649
Protestants are depicted in black attire, Catholics in colours. The feast was also graced by a charming dog.
London · Monarchies · Mores · People · Humour
Prince Philip's aunt and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's niece, Queen Louise of Sweden (1889-1965), née Battenberg, often visited London, and once a bus very nearly ran her down
Prince Philip's aunt and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's niece, Queen Louise of Sweden (1889-1965), née Battenberg, often visited London, and once a bus very nearly ran her down. After this unpleasantness, Queen Louise, when walking the streets of London, always carried with her a small card
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations
Balloon arch with the number 90 above a Moscow metro entrance at sunset
Beautiful. The Moscow Metro, my absolute favourite ❤️
Society
Letter on the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights and the expulsion of foreign criminals
Italy and Denmark have issued a clear and bold letter, already signed by other European countries: Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic. The text of the letter runs roughly as follows: We are obliged to protect our citizens, our values, our democracy. We are the leaders