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Coming Up · Art · Moscow
Exhibition of previously unshown paintings on paper by Yury Zlotnikov from three series
From 12 April to 19 May the pop/off/art gallery at Winzavod will host an exhibition of Yuri Zlotnikov. Yuri Savelyevich Zlotnikov (1930-2016) was the creator of a unique abstract painting that crossed the achievements of the avant-garde with the scientific and technical aesthetics of the post-
Coming Up · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society
The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre launches “Managing Turbulence”, a project to help people cope with stress
The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre is launching “Managing Turbulence”, a project to help people cope with stress. What is it? Open training sessions for adults and an evening lecture series. I never thought I would find myself recommending anything with the word “training” in its title. But in our
NB! · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
A curious resemblance between Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands, and Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva, the former First Lady of Kazakhstan
A curious resemblance between Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands, and Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva, the former First Lady of Kazakhstan. The ladies, incidentally, are almost of an age: Princess Beatrix is 84, Sara Nazarbayeva 81
NB! · Books · Monarchies · Observations
Klyuchevsky on palace coups and the nature of power in Russia after Peter I
Klyuchevsky on power in Russia after Peter I. Once again the prophetic genius of Vasily Osipovich is confirmed: he saw a great deal further than his own time
NB! · Archive · Monarchies · People
Elizabeth II with her father, husband, son, sister and mother
Elizabeth II with her father, husband, son, sister and mother. In the course of her long life she bade farewell to everyone present in this photograph, Charles excepted
NB! · Faith · London · Observations
Donkeys on the Steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London on the Day of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem
Donkeys on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London on the day of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem. As is well known, Jesus entered the city riding on a donkey, while the crowd cried "Hosanna" and strewed his path with palm branches. The
Cinema · Science · Humour
British 1916 aerial camera built as a copy of the Lewis gun for pilot training
The Thornton-Pickard Mark III H aerial camera of 1916 was built as an exact copy of the British Lewis gun of 1913 pattern. The camera was intended, among other things, for training pilots in gunnery, but pulling the trigger produced not a shot but a fresh exposure. The weapon
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Well, Here We Are
Well, here we are. “This means that new subjects of fundamental research will be formed by scientific and educational organisations, taking into account the priorities for developing regional economies under sanctions, and will be reviewed by governors before being sent for examination by the Russian Academy of Sciences”
Society · People
It has emerged that Mimi Reinhardt has died at the age of 107; during the war she was secretary to the industrialist Schindler and compiled those very lists of Jewish workers from the ghetto of the Polish city of Kraków that helped save hundreds of Jews…
It has emerged that Mimi Reinhardt has died at the age of 107; during the war she was secretary to the industrialist Schindler and compiled those very lists of Jewish workers from the ghetto of the Polish city of Kraków that helped save hundreds of Jews from deportation to the
NB! · Observations · Mores · Humour
Transcontinental Breakfast: A Coffee Pot of 1927, Tacoma, Washington, and an Egg of 2002, Moscow
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