Observations · Mores · Society · People
Nina Khrushchev and Jacqueline Kennedy. These photographs are often captioned with ironic remarks comparing the two First Ladies, of the USSR and the USA, as if to set Nina Khrushchev in a less flattering light. Well, then. It may be agreed that the wife of the Soviet General Secretary dressed
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Archive · Art · Monarchies · Paris
A frightening engraving of the September Massacres in Paris in 1792, at its centre the murder of the Princesse de Lamballe, whose head and heart are borne aloft on pikes, while her beheaded, flayed body is dragged through the city streets from the prison of La Petite Force to the
NB! · Books · London · Monarchies · Society Pages
Camilla, Queen Consort of England, presented the 2022 Booker Prize to Shehan Karunatilaka, a 47-year-old Sri Lankan writer living in Singapore, for his book The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. This is the seventh time Camilla has presented the award.
Faith · Ethnography
The angel who redeemed me from all evil bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. Genesis 48:16 During the reading of this passage
NB! · Archaeology · Art · Museums · Observations · Rome
Ancient sculptures from the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica have gone on display at Rome's Fiumicino Airport. A capital idea for a museum partnership!
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Queen Camilla photographed with the Paddington bears left at the railings of Buckingham Palace in tribute to Elizabeth II. In all, mourners brought more than 1000 toy bears, and all of them will be handed over to the country's largest children's charity
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Almaty · Architecture · Society
Monument in the Park of the 28 Panfilov Guardsmen in Almaty
Aristocracy · Archive · Monarchies · Mores · People · Humour
When the Queen Mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was told that Lady Edwina Mountbatten, the aunt of Prince Philip, would be buried at sea, the Queen Mother replied cheerfully: “Dear old Edwina, she always did love to make a splash!”. That the last Vicereine of India, Lady Mountbatten, had willed to
Coming Up · Heritage · Education · Saint Petersburg
A Creative Competition for the Friends of Saint Petersburg. “Friends of Saint Petersburg” is a festival of creative and educational projects under the auspices of PJSC Gazprom, devoted to preserving the city's heritage and fostering its development. 3 days, 20+ venues, 80+ events, 15,000+ free tickets: from