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Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever, a historian devoted to Rome and Roman symbols
The mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever, is a historian by training, and although he specialised in the Flemish national movement and salutes incorrectly, outside academic life he adores Rome and all things Roman. In the photograph he celebrates his election victory with Roman regalia: a standard with a golden
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Van Gogh's 1889 visit to Seurat's studio and the bright palette of his 1890 bouquet
In 1889 Van Gogh visited the studio of Georges Seurat, whom he admired, and was deeply impressed by the brilliance and mood of his palette. It was in this period that Van Gogh freed himself from the dark range of his Dutch years. In 1890 he painted this magnificent bouquet
Observations · Society · People · Humour
The Prime Minister of Singapore in the cabin of an economy-class aircraft, travelling on official business by low-cost carrier
The Prime Minister of Singapore in the cabin of an economy-class aircraft, travelling on official business by low-cost carrier. On the one hand, we understand that Lawrence Wong belongs to those politicians who consider themselves representatives of the people rather than rulers of the people. On the other
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Sad, but true
Art · London · Museums
Tall dark hat with a brim from the Victoria and Albert Museum
An English Hat of the Seventeenth Century. Victoria and Albert Museum
NB! · Humour
You Have Drawn Climatic Camilla, Who Foretells Foul Weather for the Coming Week
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Colleagues, can anyone explain what is going on in this photograph?
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In Tyumen, an Avito listing offers an apartment in exchange for volume 4 of the Igor Grom comic
One-bedroom flat for sale or exchange for Volume 4 of the comic: Tyumen's biggest fan of Major Grom discovered. Or else a very witty piece of work by the marketers
Archive · Faith · Paris
Snap me with Notre-Dame!
Snap me with Notre-Dame! Have you? Have you snapped it? Paris, 1952
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The Orseolo Basin, Venice, 1952
The East · Books · Society
Boris Kornilov's 1930 verse on the British occupation of Baku and its oil
The government is provisional, a provisional screen; the second revolution, a screen on its side… England has sniffed the air: it smells rich. The occupation of Baku has been played out by the book. Smooth and hard, like an oaken egg, like a tub, the chief actor of the piece,