Architecture · Faith · Monarchies

The Church of St Mary Magdalene at the royal residence of Sandringham is best known for its part in the life of the British royal family: Princess Eugenie and Charlotte were christened here, the royal family's Christmas services are held here, and memoria

The Church of St Mary Magdalene at the royal residence of Sandringham is best known for its part in the life of the British royal family: Princess Eugenie and Charlotte were christened here, the royal family's Christmas services are held here, and memorial tablets to departed members of

Faith · Society · Rome

The Catholic Church absolved the Jews of guilt for the Crucifixion of Christ only in 1965

On 28 October 1965 Pope Paul VI promulgated a document known as the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions". It repealed the declaration of the collective guilt of the entire Jewish people made by Pope Innocent III 760 years earlier

NB! · Art

Bivouac, John Singer Sargent, 1911

NB! · Observations

At the Beginning and at the End of 2022

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Seated Aeolus, Front View, 1550-1560, Red Chalk Drawing by the Italian Artist Pellegrino Tibaldi

Observations · Society · Humour

The more time you have to complete a task, the more time it will take

Parkinson's Law

NB! · Archive · Monarchies · People · Humour

A Selfie Taken by Nicholas II

NB! · Interviews · Cinema · Books

François Truffaut's 1966 book on Hitchcock, made up of interviews with the director, became the model of its genre and has been reissued more than once, each time with a most striking cover

Books · Observations · Society · Humour

Prince Andrey and Speransky on the Commission for Drafting Laws and Lawmaking Today

The Commission on Laws has existed for a hundred and fifty years, cost millions and accomplished nothing. Do you remember when Prince Andrei did not wish to join the commission for the drafting of laws, pleading that it required a legal education, which he did not possess? And Speransky, who

NB! · Archaeology · Humour

Meeting Anubis on the Underground Is a Great Stroke of Luck

Two officers in white tunics talk in front of a line of conscripts in peasant and town clothes on an open field.

Art · Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg

Lukian Popov depicted army conscription during the Russo-Japanese War

Mobilised (Taken), 1904. Conscription into the army during the Russo-Japanese War. Lukian Vasilyevich Popov. Collection of the State Russian Museum

NB! · In the Press · London · Monarchies · Humour

In 1992 the Daily Mail published police-made photofits of how Princes William and Harry might look in their early thirties

In 1992 the Daily Mail published police-made photofits of how Princes William and Harry might look in their early thirties. William, for some reason, is the spitting image of Boris Johnson, while Harry is a bleached Ellen DeGeneres

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