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People Managed Perfectly Well Before, and Without Computers
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Woman sees face of Princess Diana in slice of tinned ham
A woman has seen the face of Princess Diana in a slice of tinned ham. Though it looks rather more like Margaret Thatcher, my dear, or like pareidolia, the psychological phenomenon whereby people see faces in all manner of everyday objects, surfaces, abstract textures and details of the landscape
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Émile Zola's photographic legacy and the exhibition of his photographs in Royan
Few people know it, but Émile Zola was a keen photographer. He devoted the last years of his life to this pursuit, creating thousands of remarkable pictures which unquestionably deserve attention as early monuments of the photographic art. Last year the French seaside town of Royan held a large exhibition
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Admins Every Morning, While You Sleep
The East · Art · Heritage · Saint Petersburg
The restoration of the celebrated sphinxes by the Egyptian Bridge in Saint Petersburg, which has dragged on for almost three years, nears completion
In Saint Petersburg, the restoration of the celebrated sphinxes by the Egyptian Bridge, which has dragged on for almost three years, is nearing completion. The second stage of the work has brought back the sculptures’ historical colouring. At the start of the first stage of restoration, in the spring of
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Arrival of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna at the site of the foundation of the church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky (Nikolo-Bargradsky) at the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society
Arrival of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna at the site of the foundation of the church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky (Nikolo-Bargradsky) at the Imperial Palestine Society. The church was blown up in 1932
Architecture · Faith · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
Swiss artists raised the Cathedral of St Gall into the air for its anniversary
I tried to imagine what it would look like if one of Russia's chief churches, St Basil's Cathedral, were made into a hot-air balloon. Swiss artists once raised one of their country's symbols into the air in just this manner: the Abbey Cathedral
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Grand Dukes Vladimir Alexandrovich and Alexander Alexandrovich, Duke Nikolai Maximilianovich of Leuchtenberg and Duke Albert of Saxe-Altenburg amuse themselves with a camera in Saint Petersburg of the 1860s as best they can
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The sorry state of the medieval and Renaissance stained glass in one of the oldest churches of France, the church of Saint-Pierre in Chartres, dating from the thirteenth century, is a sad testimony to the French Republic's authorities drifting ever furthe
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Birds born in cages think flying is an illness
Alejandro Jodorowsky photo: Robert Doisneau
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The overwhelming majority of Australians want to keep the monarchy after the first visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Australia
Roy Morgan poll, 27 October 2024 The republic can wait