Faith · Cinema · Pop Culture
It Turns Out Disney Cut the Scene Where Snow White Prays to God from the Remake
Well, well, well
Latest
NB! · Art · Moscow
Open-air ballet at Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow
Ballet in the open air at Patriarch's Ponds. Moscow 🩷
Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Society
On Moscow Day, the author urges residents to protect the city's character and history
Some Time Alone with a Beloved City. On this day, Moscow Day, we must remember as never before that it lies in our power alone to preserve Moscow from vulgarity and the spirit of the age, from being grabbed by the greasy hands of capitalists, from ignorant petty officials, from
Faith · Art · Humour
The Sun and the Moon Await the Coming of Christ
The Sun and the Moon await the coming of Christ. Their faces suggest that they know exactly how you spent the summer. This full-page fifteenth-century miniature illustrates one of the signs preceding the Last Judgement. The medieval tradition of giving the Sun and the Moon human faces is
NB! · Humour
How Exactly Do You Propose to Use This Chair?
Books · Mores · Saint Petersburg · Society Pages
Yulia Demidenko's book on Saint Petersburg restaurants presented at Podpisnye Izdaniya
While Moscow plunges into the raging art scene, Saint Petersburg calmly opens the autumn social season. And in the history of Petersburg, as you know, the society dinner was always more than a mere taking of nourishment: it was a form of conversation, a platform for ideas and a place
Faith · Monarchies · Heritage
Banner of a Catholic King of Spain, kept since 1520 and restored in the nineteenth century
The Silk Banner of Ferdinand III the Saint of Castile and León from the Town Hall of Seville. The crowned king is surrounded by a border of heraldic lions and castles. The monarch is seated on a throne, holding a sword and an orb decorated with castles and lions. Beneath
NB! · Archaeology · Architecture · Heritage
Remains of an ancient Roman stadium can be seen inside an H&M store in Plovdiv
Beneath an H&M in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, lie the remains of an ancient Roman stadium, open to all who care to look. Entirely free of charge: one need only descend to the menswear department
Art · Books · Observations · Society Pages
Bulgakov and Akhmatova Were Not Friends
Bulgakov and Akhmatova were not friends. Having met in 1933 at the artist Nikolay Radlov's, they saw each other only a few times, when Akhmatova came to visit the Bulgakovs. By all appearances there were no more than seven meetings. Even so, in that short time Akhmatova did
Architecture · Art · Observations · Society Pages · Humour
EKONIKA has produced a genuinely stylish stand with very handsome details; I at once had an immersive experience of wielding a silver hammer, but alas, this art object proved to be an integral part of the installation "Through the Looking-Glass of the Sho
EKONIKA has produced a genuinely stylish stand with very handsome details; I at once had an immersive experience of wielding a silver hammer, but alas, this art object proved to be an integral part of the installation "Through the Looking-Glass of the Shoemaker's Craft", created
NB! · Observations · Society Pages · Humour
Didn't ask whose slippers those are in the collector's drawing room, but the size is definitely not mine
NB!