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Looking at the poverty of the furnishings, it is hard to believe that this photograph shows the bedchamber of Marie Antoinette's private apartments on the ground floor of Versailles, overlooking the Marble Court. But it really is. The museum staff have decided to fill the room with authentic
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In the Middle of the World. Arseny Tarkovsky I am a man, I am in the middle of the world, Behind me are myriads of infusoria, Before me are myriads of stars. I have lain down between them at my full height, Two shores joined by the sea, A bridge
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Helen Mirren in Gzhel, or rather in Delft porcelain, whose characteristic style is a hundred years older than Gzhel painting? It is, of course, for us, the public of the internet, to decide
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The Brides of Dracula. 1931, and all of them made up
London · Museums · Observations · Heritage · Humour
The Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum earns £66,000–79,000 a year, which in roubles comes to 4.5–5.5 million, or 350,000–450,000 a month. When you think about it, that is not so very much for a passive-aggressive
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Churchill is credited with this aphorism:. In England everything is permitted except what is forbidden. In Germany everything is forbidden except what is permitted. In France everything is permitted, even what is forbidden. In the USSR everything is forbidden, even what is permitted.
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