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The Soviet Pavilion at the Brussels World Exhibition of 1958
Art · Nature
The Mandrill
Oskar Kokoschka, 1926
NB! · Archaeology · Architecture · Faith · The East · Heritage
The ruins of the 6th-century Church of Saint John the Theologian in Selçuk, Turkey
The ruins of the 6th-century Church of Saint John the Theologian in Selçuk, Turkey. According to one version, the church stands on the site of the burial of John the Theologian
NB! · Archive · The East · Observations · Mores · Humour
I Cannot Decide Which Number at This Ball-Concert in Grozny Is the More Interesting: the Eccentric Negro Dance "Elly", the Ryazan Peasant Women with Their Chastushki, "Jealousy" as Performed by Sofya, or the Jazz Imitation of Domestic Animals, "The Piglet
NB! · Faith · The East · Observations · People
All the same, humanity would probably have come out ahead had the young Joseph become a priest in Georgia
Faith · People
Saint Yutvara, slandered by her stepmother and beheaded by Bana, and Herber Monastery
The British martyr Saint Utvara fell victim to the treachery of her stepmother. After her father's death the pious girl continued to lead a righteous life, fasting and giving alms. One day her breast began to ache, and her stepmother advised her to apply soft cheese to it,
Observations · People
There are two types of people: those who do what they themselves want, and those who do what others want
Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France
NB! · Pop Culture
Among the performers: Valery Obodzinsky, Lev Leshchenko, Artur Eisen and Iosif Kobzon
Books
Emily Dickinson's poem about a burr, a bog and taking offence
A burr clung to my hem. Is it To blame for this? No, the fault is mine: I walked Where the Villain's house stands. For the patches of mud on my shoes, Is the bog worth scolding? It is able to spew forth Only Filth, You wandered in
NB! · Art · Books
In the End, Harry Clarke Managed to Create Illustrations Sufficiently Ghastly for Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"
NB! · Humour