Books · Moscow · Observations · Humour
On the eve of the day when the dead and other unclean spirits run riot, one cannot but recall the work of Russian literature that is held to be mysterious, full of otherworldly signs and horror, and is invariably linked with mystical signs. Although, on the whole, The Master and
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"Fate was kind to the Greeks. She preserved them from vulgarity. Euripides was eaten by dogs; Aeschylus was killed by a stone; Sappho threw herself from a rock. We know no more of them than that. We have their poetry, and that is all," wrote Virginia Woolf in
NB! · Art · New York · Society Pages · Humour
And now, the pride bulletin. Sergei Gordeev, the owner of PIK, has lost a million dollars to the art historian Ilyin, having maintained that he was the richest man at the Guggenheim Foundation dinner.
Art · Museums · Humour
Giovanni Bellini's Pietà, 1465-1470, presented to the Pinacoteca di Brera in 1811 by Napoleon's stepson Eugène de Beauharnais, who had taken the panel from the rich Sampieri collection
Aristocracy · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
People often ask me what it is like to be the heir to a great dynasty? Well, how shall I put it: Eduard Habsburg is obliged not only to pull the burden of Austrian ambassador to the Holy See and the Order of Malta, but also to breakfast on enormous
Architecture · Observations · Heritage · Paris
In Paris, on the Place de la Bastille, such charming and very stylish little tiles have been set into the paving, recalling the historical monuments that once stood on this spot. How do you like French commemorative practices? I rather like them. Incidentally, in Moscow in the Prechistenka district, for
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Museums · Heritage · Nature · Reportage
An inspection of the trees has confirmed the hypothesis of colleagues from the Pushkin museums that the park at Khmelita may well be a Masonic one. Every tree and its position means something, though these details will be worked out later; it would be very interesting to see the final
Museums · Heritage · Nature · Reportage
A manor park is a very complex organism, which needs not only care but sometimes a proper medical examination and treatment. Over the weekend a most interesting museum event took place: in my beloved Khmelita the park was given a check-up. It should be said that the park of
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