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Alexandr Radayev
Faith · Art · Observations · Rome
Ceramic nativity scene by Castelli artisans in Saint Peter's Square in 2020
In St Peter's Square the Christmas tree has been lit and the crib unveiled, which, all in all, has become one more unexpected gesture from Pope Francis. Never before has the Nativity scene been presented in such implausible figures. If I am honest, only the ram in this
Coming Up · Art · Museums
Anyone who misses travel and museums, or simply wants to look at Rembrandt, Vermeer and Holbein in extremely high resolution, finer than even one's own eyes can manage, should by all means join a tour of the collection…
Anyone who misses travel and museums, or simply wants to look at Rembrandt, Vermeer and Holbein in extremely high resolution, finer than even one's own eyes can manage, should by all means join a tour of the collection of the Dutch Mauritshuis, which has prepared the world'
Aristocracy · Archive · Museums · Mores · People
Marchioness Arconati-Visconti refurbished Gaasbeek Castle and gave it to the Netherlands
Nothing special, just the elderly Marchesa Maria Arconati-Visconti playing a bored Renaissance page at home, in the Dutch castle of Gaasbeek. A great eccentric even in her youth, in her declining years the Marchesa Arconati-Visconti devoted herself to decorating and refurbishing a castle in the Southern Netherlands, which
London · Monarchies · Humour
Elizabeth II sets an example of proper social distancing
The English royal family has reunited at Windsor Castle. In the photograph: the Queen's youngest son and his wife, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Princess Anne
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Automatic holy water dispenser in the Church of Saint Catherine in Brussels
Church of Saint Catherine, Brussels. Witty, modern and, above all, effective. Amen
Aristocracy · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
Seven-month-old Prince Charles of Luxembourg prepares for his first Christmas
Seven-month-old Prince Charles of Luxembourg, the first child of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and his wife Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy, is preparing to celebrate his first Christmas. I look at this photograph and remember travelling to Luxembourg by bus with Auntie Nina to buy meat for borscht, because
Architecture · Books · Moscow · Science · Society
Literary critic and editor of the magazine "Znanie-Sila" Olga Balla writes that this Saturday the editorial office is being evicted from the seventeenth-century chambers on Kozhevnicheskaya Street, where it had been based for several decades
Literary critic and editor of the magazine "Znanie-Sila" Olga Balla writes that this Saturday the editorial office is being evicted from the seventeenth-century chambers on Kozhevnicheskaya Street, where it had been based for several decades. The magazine itself has existed since 1926 and is one of
NB! · Books · Observations · Humour
The most expensive, of course, is the collection of my rare works and letters at 433,000 roubles on Ozon
The most expensive, of course, is the collection of my rare works and letters at 433,000 roubles on Ozon. So far I cannot afford them myself 😂
Architecture · Cinema · Paris · People
France5tv recently screened the cult documentary "1974, une partie de campagne" (a nod to the story by Guy de Maupassant) by Raymond Depardon, about the presidential campaign of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who died on 2 December at the age of 94
France5tv recently screened the cult documentary "1974, une partie de campagne" (a nod to the story by Guy de Maupassant) by Raymond Depardon, about the presidential campaign of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who died on 2 December at the age of 94. The film is of interest
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A Curious Map Showing How the Number 6 Sounds in Different Indo-European Languages
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