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Moscow · Museums · Observations · Pop Culture
At the Manege, on a very high level, runs the exhibition "Viktor Tsoi
At the Manege, on a very high level, runs the exhibition "Viktor Tsoi. The Hero's Path", with a beautiful audiovisual narrative about the life and work of the poet. The exhibition includes personal belongings, recordings, drawings and artefacts. Serious research has gone into it. I was
Art · Madrid · Museums · Society
Last year the Prado Museum reattributed the painting "The Colossus" as a work by Francisco Goya of 1808-12
Last year the Prado Museum reattributed the painting "The Colossus" as a work by Francisco Goya of 1808-12. A naked giant with a clenched fist, standing before a field of scattering people, may, in the view of art historians, symbolise the struggle against Napoleon's army.
Archive · In the Press · Faith · Observations · Society
Epiphany bathing in Saratov in 1949 and the feuilleton in the newspaper “Pravda”
Legendary images of Epiphany bathing in the Stalin era were printed in the country's main newspaper. In 1949 the feast of the Epiphany in Saratov became the subject of a satirical feuilleton in Pravda; the mocking piece dwells on stories of those who fell ill with pneumonia after
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Night procession by torchlight: a woman and a man with rifles in period costume
NB! · Cinema · People
In 2018 the Franco-Belgian historical film "One King, One France" was released, in which Gaspard Ulliel (1984-2022) played one of his last roles: Basile, a lowborn fighter for liberties who builds his love and his life in…
Aristocracy · Books · New York · Pop Culture
André Leon Talley dedicated his memoir The Chiffon Trenches to his friend Lee Radziwill
Former Vogue editor André Leon Talley with actress and socialite Lee Radziwill. They were good friends, and died two years apart. In 2020 Talley's memoir The Chiffon Trenches was published, which he dedicated to Lee Radziwill with the words: "For three decades she gave me unconditional love,
NB! · Cinema · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
The only consolation is that Daenerys finally flew too close to the sun
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Long-haired man leaning over a table with manuscripts and a quill
Cinema · Books · Paris · People
Molière is credited with the remark that one day people would speak of the French language not as the language of the French, but as the language of Molière
Molière is credited with the remark that one day people would speak of the French language not as the language of the French, but as the language of Molière. However presumptuous these words may have seemed to his contemporaries, the audacity proved prophetic. One of the greatest dramatists in history
NB! · Archive · Cinema · Moscow
Deleted Scenes from the Film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"
NB! · Archive · Paris
The Arc de Triomphe under snow in freezing Paris, January 1917
Cold in Paris. January 1917