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Wallpapering shown in an engraving and a repair method unchanged for centuries

As an experienced foreman and connoisseur of renovation matters, I cannot help wondering: do these gentlemen hang their wallpaper from the corner or towards it? The engraving does not settle the matter at once: whether the new chequered paper is going up in place of the old-fashioned kind with

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If you do not know which holiday can be marked today, or what occasion calls for raising a glass, I recommend turning to the legacy of the Dean of St Paul's, Alexander Nowell, whose name is associated not only with 42 years at the helm…

According to Thomas Fuller, on 13 July 1586 the venerable 69-year-old clergyman Alexander Nowell invented bottled beer (or ale), having found at his favourite fishing spot a stoppered bottle that he had left there in the grass several days earlier. On opening the bottle, Nowell discovered that the

Tourists walk across a flooded square past a building with an arcade and a brick wall, their reflections and the façades mirrored in the water.

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Minor flooding in the square in front of the Archaeological Museum in Venice

Venice today. A small deluge in the square in front of the Archaeological Museum

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Dippy the dinosaur skeleton arrives in Norwich with an educational programme

The previous video records the welcoming ceremony for the installation of Dippy the Diplodocus skeleton from the Natural History Museum in Norwich Cathedral. Dippy is one of the most famous dinosaurs in the world. Since 1979, tens of millions of people have seen him every year on visiting Britain'

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Applications for presidential cultural grants submitted from 82 Russian regions

It has emerged that applications for presidential cultural grants have already been submitted by representatives of 82 Russian regions. Projects from Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, the Irkutsk Region, the Krasnodar and Krasnoyarsk Territories, as well as from Moscow and Saint Petersburg, are the most widely represented. Those who have not yet managed

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Yuri Gagarin's visit to Manchester and London as shown on British television

Yury Gagarin's triumphal reception in England: jubilant crowds in Manchester and London, an exchange of courtesies with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at the Admiralty, and a reception at Buckingham Palace with Elizabeth II. As shown on British television

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Yuri Gagarin's Visit to Great Britain in July 1961

Sixty years ago, from 11 to 15 July 1961, Yury Gagarin visited Great Britain. As part of his world tour, Major Gagarin arrived in Manchester at the invitation of the local foundrymen, and not at all as an official state guest. Nevertheless, soon after his arrival he received an invitation

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Pope Francis I blesses the UEFA trophy held by the President of the Union of European Football Associations, Aleksander Čeferin, on 10 June 2021

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Argentina have won the Copa América, Italy the European Championship; all that remains is for the Argentine Bishop of Rome to emerge victorious from his bout with illness (yesterday, incidentally, he was already addressing the faithful from the balcony of

And yes, before the match it was worth bearing in mind that Roberto Mancini had symbolically admitted Pope Francis to the Italian squad the year before last

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After all, the decoration of the premier's residence at 10 Downing Street may well be both festive and, if one may put it so, funereal, should the English lose

After all, the decoration of the premier's residence at 10 Downing Street may well be both festive and, if one may put it so, funereal, should the English lose. So Boris Johnson has chosen a no-lose option

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The Daily Star comes out with a statue of Augustus bearing the England captain's face and a CAESAR MOMENT splash

Well, well... What might it signify, to portray Harry Kane as a Roman before England's match against Italy? Can the image of Kane as a statue be taken as mockery of his immobility? And is the Caesar moment, by any chance, a reference to the occasion when you

A wooden bridge with a balustrade on heavy oak supports with black iron bands and stone bases. On the left, a stone wall with an arch and a latticed gate.

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Alexandr Radayev