Italian and French Press Continue to Accuse Emmanuel Macron of Meddling in the Conclave

The Italian and French press continue to accuse Emmanuel Macron of meddling in the conclave. Conclave means, literally, "a locked room", and nobody is supposed to know what goes on behind its doors. Yet the veil of secrecy looks rather less impenetrable once one considers the quite unconcealed enthusiasm with which certain figures are canvassing the voting cardinals. There are still 5 days to go before the conclave begins, and the prospect of electing the next pope is already tainted by a flood of rumours. What is especially interesting is that the French president, that model protégé of the Rothschild clan, has found himself embroiled in them

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is 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

Italian and French Press Continue to Accuse Emmanuel Macron of Meddling in the Conclave

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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