In a hall with stucco decoration and a grand piano, large portraits of a young woman in a red sweater hang on the wall panels beside mirrored doors.

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Katya Shcheglova's Mirrored Heart 2 exhibition opens at the Institute of Art History on Kozitsky

Yesterday a very beautiful exhibition by the artist Katya Shcheglova, also known in the role of an actress with a rather sizeable filmography, opened at the Institute of Art History on Kozitsky Lane. As a production designer, Katya was nominated for the Golden Mask, and she has now prepared a

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Dale Guthrie cooked a stew from the mummified bison Blue Babe in 1984

There have been other occasions when modern people ate frozen representatives of the Pleistocene megafauna found in icy landscapes. And I am not speaking of Andrew Bergman's crime comedy "The Freshman", in which, for a million dollars, Hawaiian tiger fish mixed with smoked turkey was served

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A Mammoth's Leg from the Natural History Museum in Paris

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Mammoth meat at the 1951 Explorers Club dinner in New York turned out to be turtle

At one party or another one hears it boasted how epic it is, and how it will certainly go down in history. The tale of heavily pomaded guests sewn about on every side with jewels, in whatever numbers they may be presented, is, however, as old as the Proverbs of

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Fashion is fashion, but perhaps you had better see a trichologist?

The First Doctor Who, William Hartnell, tries on a wig

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I dream of a sleigh like this the way one might dream of a new X5 (that dream still stands, just so you know)

A smiling bride in a white puff-sleeved gown, tiara and long flower-appliqué veil holds a small bouquet while a hand adjusts her veil. A building is behind.

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Bride in a tiara and floral lace veil on a city street

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pov: all the Instagram girls look alike, strike the same poses and wear the same outfits

Princess Maria Annunciata of Liechtenstein and Princess Maria Astrid of Liechtenstein at their weddings, three weeks apart, in the very same pearl and diamond earrings from their mother's wedding:

Old engraving of the Orangerie parterres with staircases, an equestrian statue at the centre, strolling figures and the Versailles palace façade beyond. A French caption runs below.

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View of the Orangerie and Château de Versailles from the Garden, Engraving

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Online catalogue of sculptures in the gardens of Versailles and Trianon with an interactive map

I have a great many complaints about the municipal improvement of Paris; my heart aches at the antics of the luckless Anne Hidalgo. Versailles, by contrast, as a near and respected province, has been very fortunate, both in the status quo of its historic precincts and in the preservation of

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As they say, if you want to be the most fashionable item at any party

As they say, if you want to be the most fashionable item at any party. Don't thank me, just think several steps ahead. You might even solve a crime

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It will be interesting to see it realised, but they say that building the "Cogwheel", the new Garage Museum pavilion in Gorky Park, will take 5 years

It will be interesting to see it realised, but they say that building the "Cogwheel", the new Garage Museum pavilion in Gorky Park, will take 5 years. What interests me most is whether the cladding will be sheet metal, glass or some material of the Alucobond kind. For

Alexandr Radayev