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David of Thessalonica and the 13 days separating Greek and Russian church calendars
On 26 June the Greek Orthodox Church honours the memory of the hermit Saint David of Thessalonica. Of his ninety years, the venerable saint spent seventy in fasting, prayer and asceticism in a hut beneath an almond tree. Even in his lifetime he was recognised as a wonder-worker: he
Nature · Humour
Photograph of lightning striking a tree on a lawn and a joke about plant pain
A West Virginia Woman Photographs the Moment Lightning Strikes a Tree. If one believes that plants feel pain, the neighbours on the lawn will have heard a very long and piercing "aaaaaow"
NB! · Archive · Mores
Giulio Corinaldi's photograph of the Rialto market in Venice, 1960
The Rialto Market, Venice, 1960. Photo by Giulio Corinaldi
NB! · Observations · Humour
Costumed Roman legionaries on a street in York
The Roman legions have entered York. I can picture the elderly Ford Fiestas, Renault Clios and knackered Volkswagen Golfs somewhere on the backstreets of Fulford, plastered with stickers reading “England Is Rome”, “On to Londinium” and, of course, “We Can Do It Again!”
NB! · Art · Museums
Telemachus Recognises Odysseus in the Presence of Athena
Telemachus recognises Odysseus in the presence of Athena. Lionel Royer, Musée de Tessé
NB! · Architecture
An Art Nouveau lift in Otto Wagner's Majolica House, built in 1898 in Vienna, Austria
NB! · Archive · Moscow · Observations
Children sunbathing near Arbatskaya metro station in Moscow in the 1960s
Children sunbathing near Arbatskaya metro station in the 1960s. Consider how much more human and simple life in Moscow was sixty years ago. Today the city is deprived of such ordinary joys, yet it is drowning in formal conveniences
NB! · Art · People
The Triumphal Entry of Alexander Nevsky into the City of Pskov after His Victory over the Germans
The Triumphal Entry of Alexander Nevsky into the City of Pskov after His Victory over the Germans. Grigory Ugryumov, late eighteenth century
NB! · Architecture · Geography · Heritage
The fortress of Rocca Calascio in the mountainous Abruzzo region of Italy consists of buildings of the 10th to 13th centuries
NB! · Humour
When in the middle of June they decided to install heat guns on the restaurant terrace
NB! · New York · Nature · Humour