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A memorial to the victims of abuse within the Church in the Cathedral of the French Diocese of Meaux
Not the most distinguished work of art, but a worthy message
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NB! · Books · Observations
Wishing everyone a good week, and may nothing keep you from your reading
NB! · Books · Paris · Humour
Doll Reading a Book in a Cot in a Le dilettante Shop Window
The most frightening bookshop window display imaginable. How Le dilettante imagine the portrait of their reader
NB! · Mores · Pop Culture · Humour
The state after any party when you are 30 and not 20
NB! · Observations
It seems we have begun to forget
Cinema · Pop Culture
Joys always come to us when we least expect them; if a rainbow shines in the sky, the rain is over
As sung in the song by Yury Antonov, with words by Leonid Fadeyev, from the 1981 film "Beregite zhenshchin" ["Take Care of Women"]
NB! · Paris · People · Pop Culture · Humour
A relaxed attitude to luxury means painting your own name on a Louis Vuitton trunk in white paint
A relaxed attitude to luxury means painting your own name on a Louis Vuitton trunk in white paint. Which is exactly what Paul Poiret did.
Faith · People
Better to keep silent with God than to speak with the devil
Schema-Archimandrite Elijah (1932-2025)
London · Monarchies · Museums · Society
During his recent state visit to Britain, Donald Trump intended to present King Charles with a gift symbolising American-British military cooperation
The Trump administration approached the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas, on the matter. Among other things, the institution's collection holds a sword presented to Eisenhower in 1947 by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The library, however, declined to hand over this or any other original
Archive · Art · Museums · Heritage
Manet's “Winter Garden”, bought for Berlin in 1896 and later stored in a salt mine
American soldiers with Édouard Manet's "In the Conservatory", removed from Berlin and kept with other masterpieces in a salt mine at Merkers-Kieselbach in Germany. In the end the painting stayed in Germany, and it is now in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. The portrait of Manet&
Archaeology · Rome
Archaeologists find traces of two waves of resettlement in southern Pompeii after Vesuvius
Archaeologists exploring the southern part of Pompeii have found traces of two waves of resettlement, in the late 1st to early 3rd century and in the 4th and 5th centuries. Among the finds are food remains, coins, the skeleton of a horse and the remains of a newborn child, buried
Art · Museums · Heritage · Society
WJRO report says up to 100,000 works from Jewish families may be held in US museums
Up to 100,000 Works of Art Confiscated by the Nazis May Be in US Museums. A great many works of art seized and stolen by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945 have still not been returned to their rightful owners and their heirs. According to a new report by