A gymnast in a dark leotard does a split handstand on a mat. Beside her sit a round wheel of cheese on a stand and a cut wedge, with a dim gym hall behind.

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Gymnast in a handstand split beside a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano in a gym

NB! · Pop Culture · Humour

The maker of Parmesan has become a sponsor of the Olympic silver medallist, the Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa, and the athlete now poses so organically with enormous wheels of cheese

Art

Alone

The Austrian painter Anton Marussig (1868-1925)

Faith · The East · Books

Krishna on reason prevailing over the weakness of the heart and the attainment of true wisdom

The wise, who have put away every thought of the fruits of their works, are freed from the chains of birth and pass to the realms of eternal bliss. When thy reason shall prevail over the gloomy weakness of thy heart, then shalt thou obtain all the knowledge that was

Page from an old book with two poems dated 19 February 1861, signed by Bobkov and P. Weinberg.

NB! · Observations · Society

The day serfdom was abolished in Russia still has no state status

There is something odd, after all, about the fact that 19 February (O.S.), or 3 March by the new style, the day serfdom was abolished in Russia, still has no official status, just as it had none in Soviet times. This is, in truth, a great festival for the

The Moscow River with a bright green patch of algae along the embankment under a stormy sky.

NB! · Geography · Moscow · Observations · Nature

Patches of algae bloom in the Moscow River and their possible causes

I have many questions about the Tiber and the Seine, as ever; the Moskva, by comparison, is of course very clean, but even it has such pockets of "blooming". I suppose the accumulation of algae may be connected with the high solar activity this summer, with temperatures and

NB! · Art · Moscow · Observations · Humour

And what is this novelty on Kaluzhskaya Square?

And what is this novelty on Kaluzhskaya Square? Some floating fir trees beside Lenin. Interesting symbolism, something between Giuseppe Penone's sculpture in the courtyard of the Hermitage and René Morin's work with the floating orange tree in its shell in Tel Aviv, but I should not

Books

Nikolay Karamzin on false opinions in chronicles and the memory of the dead

Cold ashes of the dead have no defender but our conscience: all is silent around the ancient grave! Its deep stillness is broken only by the blessings or the curses of those who pass by and read the inscription on the tomb. What if we slander these ashes; what if

Aerial view of children on a blue playground, casting long shadows, with an orange ball nearby.

NB! · Art · People

German photographer Katrin Korfmann and her images of people in public spaces

A photograph by Katrin Korfmann. A German photographer, Korfmann specialises in pictures of how people interact in public spaces

Oval painted portrait of Napoleon in a green coat with a white waistcoat and gold epaulettes against a dark background.

Art · Observations · People

Portrait of Napoleon by an unknown artist of the early 19th century

What a mug! For the moment, this is my favourite portrait of Napoleon. Unknown artist, early nineteenth century

Black-and-white photograph of an elderly man with a white beard and glasses, seated in a chair with his hands folded on his lap.

Books · Observations · Science · People

Photographic portrait of Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky seated in a chair

The Triumph of Historical Criticism: Overhearing, in What the People of a Given Time Say, What They Kept Silent About. Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky

Faith · Observations · Society · Paris

Statement on the Paris Olympics opening ceremony and Europe's turning away from Christ

A remark that struck me as interesting, on the macabre concert given on Sunday by Metropolitan Theologos of Serres of the Greek Orthodox Church at the Monastery of Saint Paraskevi:. Unfortunately, we see that for several decades now, in a supposedly Christian Europe, conditions have been created that promote a

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