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In Diplomacy, an Ultimatum Is the Last Demand Before Concessions
Ambrose Bierce
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Klim Shipenko tops the list of Russia's highest-grossing directors of 2024
News from an Alternate Universe:. The director Klim Shipenko, known for the films "The Challenge" and "Kholop 2", has taken first place in the list of Russia's highest-grossing directors of 2024
Coming Up · Art · Monarchies · Museums · Saint Petersburg
Exhibition to include paintings, porcelain, furniture and panels from Lomonosov's Ust-Ruditsa factory
Tomorrow the State Hermitage will open new halls of its permanent display “The Gallery of Peter the Great”, devoted to the era of the Empresses Anna Ioannovna and Elizabeth Petrovna and to the development of Russian art and culture during their reigns. The display includes paintings, jewellery, porcelain, smalt and
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A classic is what never goes out of date
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What Kind of Owl Are You Today?
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The hand of the average man after shaking hands with Narendra Modi and after shaking hands with Trump
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Can this tradition of decoration be revived?
Observations · Paris · Humour
Paris Restores Its Reputation After the Olympics
Thank Heavens It Isn't a Rainbow! Paris rehabilitates itself after the Olympics
Books · Mores · People · Nature · Humour
The Secret of the English Lawn: Sow It, Then Arrange for Rain Over Seven Centuries
André Maurois
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At the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, appeared in vestments by the celebrated French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, aged 75, who in his day dressed Lady Gaga and Pope John Paul II…
At the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, appeared in vestments by the celebrated French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, aged 75, who in his day created outfits for Lady Gaga and Pope John Paul II. For the opening ceremony Castelbajac also designed vestments