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Alexandr Radayev
Books · Society
The Russian Prize resumes after seven years, with 591 authors from 55 countries competing
After a seven-year break, the Russian Prize has resumed its work. It is a literary award for writers and poets who live abroad and write in Russian, and this year 591 authors from 55 countries are competing for it. The winners will be announced on 11 December. According to
Books · Observations · People
On the Portuguese poet and philosopher Fernando Pessoa
Beauty is the name of something that does not exist, which I give to things in exchange for the pleasure they give me. The Portuguese poet and philosopher Fernando Pessoa
Observations · Humour
Good Morning
If at all possible, refrain from coffee, or at least from a storm in a teacup
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With the arrival of a new Kindle with a colour display, I cannot help wondering how badly it will glitch and freeze, if the plain black-and-white one starts misbehaving at roughly the three-hundredth book?
Coming Up · Archaeology · The East · Art · Moscow · Museums
The “Byzantine Symphony” exhibition has opened at the International Numismatic Club Museum
The exhibition "Byzantine Symphony. Treasures Earthly and Heavenly" has opened at the Museum of the International Numismatic Club in Bolshoy Afanasyevsky Lane. The display offers a reinterpretation of the legacy of Byzantine art in a contemporary space. Forms borrowed from medieval ecclesiastical and secular architecture create a special
NB! · Monarchies · Society · Paris · People
On 16 October 1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was beheaded on the Place de la Révolution
On 16 October 1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was beheaded on the Place de la Révolution. In essence, the French Republic has still not acknowledged its crimes against the royal family, and has never reviewed the unjust, shameful trials of the royal family of France
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The Dress in Which Marie Antoinette Was Executed
Mores · Society · People · Humour
Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever, a historian devoted to Rome and Roman symbols
The mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever, is a historian by training, and although he specialised in the Flemish national movement and salutes incorrectly, outside academic life he adores Rome and all things Roman. In the photograph he celebrates his election victory with Roman regalia: a standard with a golden
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Van Gogh's 1889 visit to Seurat's studio and the bright palette of his 1890 bouquet
In 1889 Van Gogh visited the studio of Georges Seurat, whom he admired, and was deeply impressed by the brilliance and mood of his palette. It was in this period that Van Gogh freed himself from the dark range of his Dutch years. In 1890 he painted this magnificent bouquet
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The Prime Minister of Singapore in the cabin of an economy-class aircraft, travelling on official business by low-cost carrier
The Prime Minister of Singapore in the cabin of an economy-class aircraft, travelling on official business by low-cost carrier. On the one hand, we understand that Lawrence Wong belongs to those politicians who consider themselves representatives of the people rather than rulers of the people. On the other
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