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Royal Air Force brooch received by the Duchess of Cambridge in 2015

I noticed the RAF brooch that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wears with her blue outfits. Unlike many of her other jewels, which came to her from the Queen's collection, this one is a gift from the Royal Air Force, the RAF, and not from Raf Simons)) In 2015 Kate received this brooch-badge together with the title of Honorary Air Commandant, conferred upon her in place of the Duke of Edinburgh, as he could no longer manage the role

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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

Royal Air Force brooch received by the Duchess of Cambridge in 2015

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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