The American order of writing dates as a legacy of the British colonial period

If We Write It the American Way, Today Is 123123.

Writing the date back to front, with the month ahead of the day, is no original American invention: it is a relic of an old colonial custom left over from the days of British rule. The British themselves abandoned such notation more than a hundred years ago, and now write as the whole world does: day-month-year. The United States, as usual, distinguished itself. On the other hand, it is as well that they remember their numerals

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

The American order of writing dates as a legacy of the British colonial period

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s