Cinema · Society · Nature · Humour

Wolf photographed for the first time in Luxembourg, where the species was exterminated in 1893

A wolf has been photographed in Luxembourg. What of it, you ask? Firstly, the picture unmistakably shows the wolf from the cartoon "Once Upon a Time There Was a Dog" [Zhil-byl pyos], voiced by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Secondly, wolves were exterminated in Luxembourg as long ago as 1893,

Art · London · Museums · Observations

Once again, taking this reconstruction of the original appearance of the 2nd-century AD Tauroctony from the British Museum as my example, I am convinced that ancient sculptures, in any present-day state and in any artist's rendering, lose very badly when

Once again, taking this reconstruction of the original appearance of the 2nd-century AD Tauroctony from the British Museum as my example, I am convinced that ancient sculptures, in any present-day state and in any artist's rendering, lose very badly when painted, which is meant to restore

NB! · Museums · Humour

And Why Did the Museum Attendants Start Shouting TIME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE?

An old weathered wooden church with carved window frames and a porch on posts. Scaffolding and workers stand beside it, surrounded by tall grass.

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Restoration of a wooden church with a carved porch in a field

NB! · Architecture · Faith · Heritage

The Sretensky-Mikhailovskaya Church of 1655 in the vanished village of Krasnaya Lyaga, Kargopolye, Arkhangelsk Oblast

The Sretensky-Mikhailovskaya Church of 1655 in the vanished village of Krasnaya Lyaga, Kargopolye, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Russia 💙

A white fluffy cat sleeps on its back on a white fluffy rug lying on a grey tiled floor.

NB! · Archive · People · Humour

A joke about Kerensky in 1917 and a white cat blending into its rug

1917. Kerensky in a ladies' dress shop

Art · Cinema · Moscow · Museums

A Remarkable Discovery!

A remarkable discovery! One of the opening scenes of Sergei Parajanov's comedy "The First Lad" repeats, down to the last detail, Tatyana Yablonskaya's famous painting "Bread". The composition, the placing of the figures, the colour scheme, even the blue hem tucked up

Architecture · Art · Moscow · Heritage

Monument to Minin and Pozharsky Dismantled on Red Square

The sculptural group, 4.5 m high, has left its pedestal for the first time in 200 years. The monument has been dismantled for restoration. The restoration of the sculptures is expected to last until November 2022, at a cost of 55 million roubles. The money for the restoration, as

NB! · Architecture · New York

The General Electric Building in New York, an Art Deco Landmark Completed in 1931

NB! · Cinema · People

Well, Well, Vera Alentova

NB! · Observations · Humour

When people want to visit me at home, but I am prepared to show only a corner of the desk

Archive · Pop Culture

Eight of Chopin's waltzes appeared in his lifetime, the E minor waltz after his death in 1868

Riyad Mammadov Performs Chopin's Waltz in E Minor for Piano. Chopin is the author of some 20 waltzes. Only 8 were published in the composer's lifetime, and another 9 entered the complete edition, which appeared after the death of Frédéric Nikolayevich. The exquisite E minor waltz

Alexandr Radayev