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An orangutan attacked Henriette Poincaré in the Élysée Palace garden in 1917
In 1917, the wife of the tenth President of France, Henriette Poincaré, was attacked in the garden of the Élysée Palace by an orangutan that tried to abduct her. The animal, according to different versions, escaped either from the Théâtre du Rond-Point or from the house of a diplomat
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How Do You Like Christopher Walken as an Orthodox Hermit?
Cinema · Books · Observations · Science · Pop Culture
Do you remember how Frodo lit up Shelob's lair with the light of distant Eärendil, drawing out the elven phial given to him by Galadriel, with the light of the far-off Evening Star trapped inside it, pointing the way to the shores of the Undying Lands?
Do you remember how Frodo lit up Shelob's lair with the light of distant Eärendil, drawing out the elven phial given to him by Galadriel, with the light of the far-off Evening Star trapped inside it, pointing the way to the shores of the Undying Lands? It
NB! · Archive · Monarchies · Humour
Photograph of Queen Victoria in a donkey-drawn carriage in Dublin
Well, here we are! Queen Victoria in a donkey cart, Dublin
Architecture · Observations · New York
New York firm Oiio Studio designs Big Bend, a horseshoe-shaped 610-metre skyscraper
The Big Bend project by New York architectural studio Oiio Studio proposes building one of the tallest buildings in the world in the shape of a horseshoe. The idea of a 610-metre arched skyscraper is described in Beaux-Arts magazine, although so far there are no specifics, and the
Archive · Museums · Observations · Saint Petersburg
Museum ticket prices in Saint Petersburg from a twenty-year-old Afisha guidebook
Admission prices at Saint Petersburg's main museums, from a twenty-year-old Afisha guidebook. A ticket to the Hermitage museums: 15 roubles; entry to the Museum of Decorative and Applied Art: 10 roubles; to the Yelagin Palace: 5 roubles. Just twenty years ago! How is that for nostalgia?
NB! · Monarchies · People
Charles, Prince of Wales, the Future King Charles I of England
London · Monarchies · Observations · People
Today marks 20 years since the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Today marks 20 years since the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. I remember the day she died as if it were yesterday, and I grieved very deeply. She truly held a quite special place in the hearts of many. The pain was comparable only to the loss of
NB! · Archaeology · Art · Museums · Humour
Bronze Poseidon of 480 BC found in the Bay of Livadostra in Boeotia, Greece
Bronze Poseidon, 480 BC. Found in the Bay of Livadostra in Boeotia, Greece. Not the handsomest of the gods.
Art · Observations
Giovanna Garzoni, an Italian Baroque artist, and her still life with a dog
Can you believe this is a work of 1648? Still life with a dog by the celebrated Italian Baroque artist Giovanna Garzoni
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Painting of a music lesson recognised as a work by Titian
Lad, how I understand you. Not long ago this picture, which depicts a music lesson, was at last recognised as the work of Titian.