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One of the Scandalous Dolls of the Beheaded Marie Antoinette Is Up for Sale in Paris
One of the scandalous dolls of the beheaded Marie Antoinette is up for sale in Paris. The disgrace of the Olympic Games opening ceremony that cannot be forgotten
Observations · Heritage · Society · Paris · Humour
Idea of asking Macron to help the Louvre after his video call with a tribal representative
Macron posted an amusing video yesterday in which he chats over FaceTime with a representative of some tribe, apparently answerable to France, and takes into consideration a certain demand of the elder. I did not go into the details; the video, after all, was not recorded for that, but for
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On the heroic resolve needed to break through the night of the world
To break through the night of the world takes heroic resolve. Those who refuse risk sinking into the abyss of their own paltry existence
Archive · Faith · Books · Nature
Ivan Bunin's 1918 poem on field paths and the Lord's question to the prodigal son
And flowers, and bumblebees, and grass, and ears of corn, And azure sky, and noonday heat… The hour will come, and the Lord will ask the prodigal son: “Were you happy in your life on earth?” And I shall forget everything, remembering only these Field paths between the ears of
Aristocracy · Archive · Monarchies · Heritage
The Legendary "Florentine Diamond" and Fifteen Other Habsburg Jewels Thought Lost Were Kept in a Bank Vault in Canada
As it turns out, during the Second World War Empress Zita, widow of the last Austrian emperor, Charles I, took the family jewels out to Quebec, where she found refuge with her children. Only two members of the family knew where the treasures were, and the secret was to be
Art · Moscow · Museums · People
Tradition is what lives today, what is not merely memory but constant movement forward
Tradition is what lives today, what is not merely memory but constant movement forward. For me, tradition and the avant-garde are not opposite poles but a dialogue in which I find my own point. Irina Zatulovskaya, whose exhibition runs until 30 November at MMOMA on Gogolevsky Boulevard, speaks of
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“The Messenger”, a 1978 painting by Ilya Glazunov from the cycle “Kulikovo Field”
The Messenger. From the cycle "The Field of Kulikovo" Ilya Glazunov, 1978
Observations · New York · Society
The most interesting thing about the election of a Ugandan-born, half-Gujarati, half-Punjabi Muslim socialist as Mayor of New York is that in the USA the inhabitants of almost 30 of the largest cities can choose their mayors, whereas in Russia, tell me, w
The most interesting thing about the election of a Ugandan-born, half-Gujarati, half-Punjabi Muslim socialist as Mayor of New York is that in the USA the inhabitants of almost 30 of the largest cities can choose their mayors, whereas in Russia, tell me, where else besides Moscow and
Faith · Books · Observations · Humour
The alphabets of Abraham, Enoch and Ezra date from the Renaissance, not from biblical times
I don't know about you, but I only like the alphabet of Abraham; Enoch's and Ezra's seem off somehow, over-engineered. Each of these alphabets promises a direct line to heaven. Some to Abraham, some to the angels, and some simply to something of
Cinema · Books · Pop Culture
Ian McKellen to Play Gandalf Once More
The actor will appear in the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum", the events of which unfold between Bilbo Baggins's 111th birthday and Gandalf's return to the Shire, just as Saruman's sleuths were searching for Gollum. It is