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Alexandr Radayev
The East · Observations
It all depends on the angle
Photograph by Sami Uchan, Istanbul
Art · Cinema · Museums · Pop Culture · Humour
Works by Vasnetsov, Bryullov and Repin in Dumbledore's Office at Hogwarts
As everyone knows, the portraits of Hogwarts' former headmasters, famous wizards and other eminent figures of the magical world hang in Dumbledore's office. But look closely, and among these sorcerers you will find Ivan the Terrible, as painted by Vasnetsov. Nor is that the only discovery the
Archive · Books · Heritage · Society
British troops burned the White House and the Capitol in 1814, and Jefferson's books replaced the Library of Congress
On 24 August 1814 the White House and the Capitol were burnt by British troops after the American defeat at the Battle of Bladensburg. In the fire the Library of Congress was destroyed entirely. In the end, in place of the burnt library, the state acquired the book collection of
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Galileo drew the relief of the Moon in 1609 and refuted the idea of a smooth lunar sphere
Galileo Galilei's Sketches of the Moon, Published in 1610. Galileo began sketching the Moon in 1609, using a telescope of his own improvement. The fruit of his researches was a series of drawings of the Moon which were not its first depiction: shortly before, Thomas Harriot had recorded
NB! · Humour
If everyone is jumping, don't jump
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Whose Side Are You On?
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Sunday School Lessons Were Not Wasted
Faith · Cinema · Pop Culture · Humour
Chris Hemsworth in a dress recalls how the cunning Thrym thought he would marry the fairest of the goddesses, Freyja, whom he demanded as ransom for Thor's stolen hammer, only to discover beneath the bridal veil a monster in a gown: Thor himself…
Chris Hemsworth in a dress recalls how the cunning Thrym thought he would marry the fairest of the goddesses, Freyja, whom he demanded as ransom for Thor's stolen hammer, only to discover beneath the bridal veil a monster in a gown: Thor himself had arrived in the guise
Monarchies · Observations · Society
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage airport to be named after Elizabeth II with Charles III's consent
France is to name an airport after Elizabeth II. The proposal to rename the airport in the small town of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage on the shore of the Channel was sent by the town authorities to Buckingham Palace soon after the Queen's death. And at last Charles
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Apologies
Art · Moscow · Museums · Ethnography
Portrait of Surikov's niece Tatyana Domozhilova in a mosquito net, 1891
In the Surikov Room (Room 28) of the Tretyakov Gallery, a small portrait of a woman in an unusual headdress catches the eye; it turns out to be not a veil but a mosquito net. It is a portrait of Surikov's niece Tatyana Kapitonovna Domozhilova in traditional Siberian