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Alexandr Radayev
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The Dormition of Saint Mary Magdalene, Silvestro dei Gherarducci, 1380s
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Stuffed swan with spread wings in a hall with a painted ceiling
Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
Jan Fabre's "Folly Standing on Death", 2016, and Frans Snyders's "Concert of the Birds", 1630-1640
The birds did not believe the owl, which warned them of the hunter's approach, and paid for it with their lives. Fabre looked at the subject of Aesop's fable in his own way. The work was created for the exhibition "Jan Fabre. Knight of Despair
NB! · London · Monarchies · Pop Culture · Humour
Princess Anne and Her Adidas Sunglasses: An Ageless Alliance
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Edmond About on Turgenev's service to Russia in his speech at the grave
At Turgenev's graveside, the French writer Edmond François About said: "Your heart belonged to all mankind. But Russia held the first place in your affections. It was Russia you served first and foremost"
Books · Monarchies · Mores · Humour
Writer Alexandra Churchill criticised the library in the home of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Churchill's granddaughter ridicules the wretched library in the home of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Alexandra Churchill, a writer and historian, drew attention to the half-empty bookcases, filled with dummy books and odd volumes that are destined to die alone on those shelves. By the lady'
Archive · Observations · Humour
I Don't Like Lenin
I don't like Lenin. I just don't. Not a stylish sort of fellow. I can only express my respects to the boy Tolka. The children's magazine “Yozh” [Hedgehog], January 1930
Art · Books · Observations
The Rescue by the Eagles, Michael Hague's illustration for the 1987 edition of The Hobbit
Perhaps one of my very favourite book illustrations of all time
Books · Nature
Nikolay Gumilev’s poem “The Giraffe” about an exquisite giraffe on Lake Chad
Today, I see, your gaze is especially sad, And your arms especially thin as you clasp your knees. Listen: far, far away, on Lake Chad, An exquisite giraffe wanders. Graceful slenderness and languor are granted to him, And his hide is adorned with a magical pattern, With which only the
NB! · The East · Art · Nature
Depiction of a tiger by an unknown South Asian artist of the early 19th century
The Sad Tiger. Unknown South Asian artist, 1815 to the 1820s.
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A trip to the Russian Post Office taught me that in 2016 and 2017 25-rouble coins were issued to mark the World Cup, bearing the trophy, the tournament emblem and Zabivaka the wolf, and that they are worth anything from 50 to 7,500 roubles depending on ra
A trip to the Russian Post Office taught me that in 2016 and 2017 25-rouble coins were issued to mark the World Cup, bearing the trophy, the tournament emblem and Zabivaka the wolf, and that they are worth anything from 50 to 7,500 roubles depending on rarity. In