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Installing an Ionic capital on the Civil Courts Building in St. Louis in 1930
Installing a capital on one of the 32 Ionic columns, nearly 13 metres high, on the top of the Civil Courts Building in St. Louis, 1930. The roof of this building was modelled on one of the wonders of the ancient world, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
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Perhaps not the most intriguing piece of news, but still, to some extent, topical
Perhaps not the most intriguing piece of news, but still, to some extent, topical. In the diary of the Dutch poet Willem de Clercq (not to be confused with his exact namesake, the President of South Africa in the 1990s), there is an entry about a sorrowful letter from Beler,
NB! · Archive · Science · Society · Humour
A Nineteenth-Century Caricature of the Anti-Vaccinationists
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The Terrace of the Lions on Delos under the Milky Way
NB! · Art · Observations · Nature · Humour
The two most beautiful things I have seen this year are the sumptuous cake at my birthday party and these incredible photographs by the astrophotographer Lukas Hapsis from the Greek island of Delos
NB! · Books · Monarchies · Moscow · Observations
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, recommends on her Instagram blog Amor Towles's "A Gentleman in Moscow", a book about the life of Count Rostov, confined by the Bolsheviks in... the Metropol Hotel
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, recommends on her Instagram blog Amor Towles's "A Gentleman in Moscow", a book about the life of Count Rostov, confined by the Bolsheviks in... the Metropol Hotel. Well, for a third recommendation it is an interesting choice. One can hardly refuse Cam,
Monarchies · Observations · Mores
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain mark 59 years since their wedding
Today is the fifty-ninth wedding anniversary of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofía. Looking at these loving people, one wishes everyone to carry through the whole of life a kind, warm and tender feeling for somebody, be it a spouse, a partner, a child, a friend, or
Art · Museums · Rome · Humour
Who are you, creature?
Who are you, creature? What are you? Marble sculpture Boy in the Mask of the Satyr Silenus. 1st century AD, Villa Ludovisi. It probably captures a scene from the ritual festivities in honour of Dionysus, in which the figure of Silenus, one of his tutors, held an important place.
Architecture · Art · Moscow
Napoleon at Moscow on 2 September and the empty city in John Pott Laslett's painting
The first sight of Moscow. John Pott Laslett. On 2 September Napoleon approached Moscow and climbed Poklonnaya Hill, expecting that at any moment, somewhere near Dragomilovo, a delegation of townspeople would present him with the keys to the city. But by that day, of the 270,000 inhabitants the ancient
London · Monarchies · Education · Society
Queen Elizabeth mentions a bill protecting free speech at the opening of Parliament
Yesterday, at the opening of the parliamentary session, Queen Elizabeth mentioned in her speech a bill on the protection of free speech in connection with the rise of "cancel culture", owing to which many people have lost the ability to speak out, in particular on university campuses, on
Faith · Observations · Rome · Humour
Vatican resumes public papal audiences and forms working group on excommunicating the mafia
Three church news items, which you may rank by importance yourself:. public audiences with the Pope have resumed in the Vatican, having been suspended since November 2020 because of the pandemic; the Pope told the three hundred people gathered that he was very glad to meet them face to face;