France without a prime minister or budget, Macron isolated, Philippe proposes he resign

Heaven talks of nothing but France without a prime minister or a budget. Macron looks isolated, Édouard Philippe proposes that he leave office and call early elections, Alain Minc calls him a dreadful president, while Le Pen, his long-standing opponent, unlike her former comrades-in-arms, does not support impeachment. Sarkozy, meanwhile, is being dispatched to places not so remote. I even feel a little sorry for Macrons, but I am sure the Fifth Republic will stand

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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

France without a prime minister or budget, Macron isolated, Philippe proposes he resign

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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