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First poem by Agatha Christie, published when she was 14, found in the London newspaper Ealing and Hanwell Post of 8 July 1905

The poem, “Steam versus Electricity”, long remained unknown because Christie, in her memoirs, made a slip and stated that she had been 11 when she wrote it, rather than 14. The poem is devoted to the breakdown of electric trains. In jocular form it describes how a steam locomotive comes

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Five Exhibitions in Moscow from Traugot's Graphic Art to the Era of Nicholas I

A new selection of Moscow exhibitions to visit this week. 📌 Exhibition of porcelain graphics and paintings by Alexander Traugot at the Île Thélème gallery, until 25 November 📌 Exhibition of diploma works by graduates of Moscow art colleges, “GRADUATION’25”, at the Zaryadye Parking Gallery, until 30 November 📌 Exhibition on Moscow&

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Bürger’s Ballad “Lenore” and Zhukovsky’s Adaptations “Lyudmila” and “Svetlana”

Frederick II's troops were returning home after the Battle of Prague in 1757. Young Lenore awaited her Wilhelm, but he was not among those who came back. Lenore's heart contracted with pain, and complaints against the will of God burst from her through her tears. When

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The birds from the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder recalled the turtle doves that the owner of Duncan's Toy Chest gave to Kevin McCallister

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Head of the Apollo Belvedere

Pen and ink, c. 1532–1536. Berlin Kupferstichkabinett

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The Sorceress in Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” as a Trial for Gerda, Not an Enemy

The old witch combed Gerda's hair with a golden comb and told her: "You will stay here for ever, my little angel" Illustration by the Scottish artist Eleanor Vere Boyle for an edition of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen", 1872. In

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Maximilian Voloshin's 1919 poem on Rus' in flames and the city of Kitezh

All Russia is a bonfire. An unquenchable flame From border to border, from age to age Hums, roars... And the stone cracks. And every torch is a man. Have we not ourselves, like our forefathers, Set the grass fire? And the hurricane Has fanned it, and in acrid smoke are

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A gathering of museum directors from around the world, Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable 2025, was held in San Francisco on the influence of artificial intelligence on museums; among other things, it discussed the problem of data: most museum…

AI is already used in museum practice: it helps with research, navigation through the galleries, cataloguing and the attribution of works. And the participants called for joint efforts and the creation of a "coordinated body of knowledge about art". What remains the museum's own in the

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A wooden gate with a yellow marker on its post stands alone in a grassy field with no fence, trees in the distance.

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Photograph of a lone gate in a field with a caption about a museum security system

President-Directress of the Louvre: The Museum's Security System Worked to Perfection. The museum's security system:

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Why is Trump called vulgar, while Macrons is not, given all this?

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Glenn Martens presents jewelled lip retractors at the Margiela show

Glenn Martens sent models down the Margiela runway wearing jewelled lip retractors as facial adornments. I do not know whether the new accessory will go on sale or was made for the show alone. The idea is that these are Margiela's signature four stitches, only laid over the

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