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Lancastrian victory over the Yorkists at Wakefield in 1460 and the death of Richard of York

Sites of the Battle of Wakefield in West Yorkshire. One of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses was fought on 30 December 1460. The Lancastrians (the Red Rose) defeated the Yorkists, and Richard, Duke of York, was killed

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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

Lancastrian victory over the Yorkists at Wakefield in 1460 and the death of Richard of York

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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