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Katya Shcheglova's Mirrored Heart 2 exhibition opens at the Institute of Art History on Kozitsky
Yesterday a very beautiful exhibition by the artist Katya Shcheglova, also known in the role of an actress with a rather sizeable filmography, opened at the Institute of Art History on Kozitsky Lane. As a production designer, Katya was nominated for the Golden Mask, and she has now prepared a
Cinema · Books · Science · Palaeontology · Nature · Humour
Dale Guthrie cooked a stew from the mummified bison Blue Babe in 1984
There have been other occasions when modern people ate frozen representatives of the Pleistocene megafauna found in icy landscapes. And I am not speaking of Andrew Bergman's crime comedy "The Freshman", in which, for a million dollars, Hawaiian tiger fish mixed with smoked turkey was served
NB! · Museums · Palaeontology · Paris · Nature
A Mammoth's Leg from the Natural History Museum in Paris
Museums · Science · Mores · New York · Humour
Mammoth meat at the 1951 Explorers Club dinner in New York turned out to be turtle
At one party or another one hears it boasted how epic it is, and how it will certainly go down in history. The tale of heavily pomaded guests sewn about on every side with jewels, in whatever numbers they may be presented, is, however, as old as the Proverbs of
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Fashion is fashion, but perhaps you had better see a trichologist?
The First Doctor Who, William Hartnell, tries on a wig
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I dream of a sleigh like this the way one might dream of a new X5 (that dream still stands, just so you know)
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Bride in a tiara and floral lace veil on a city street
Aristocracy · Monarchies · Mores · Humour
pov: all the Instagram girls look alike, strike the same poses and wear the same outfits
Princess Maria Annunciata of Liechtenstein and Princess Maria Astrid of Liechtenstein at their weddings, three weeks apart, in the very same pearl and diamond earrings from their mother's wedding:
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View of the Orangerie and Château de Versailles from the Garden, Engraving
Architecture · Art · Museums · Observations · Heritage · Paris
Online catalogue of sculptures in the gardens of Versailles and Trianon with an interactive map
I have a great many complaints about the municipal improvement of Paris; my heart aches at the antics of the luckless Anne Hidalgo. Versailles, by contrast, as a near and respected province, has been very fortunate, both in the status quo of its historic precincts and in the preservation of
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As they say, if you want to be the most fashionable item at any party
As they say, if you want to be the most fashionable item at any party. Don't thank me, just think several steps ahead. You might even solve a crime