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At Home with Karl Lagerfeld, 1982
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Nature
Hurricane of 1998 destroyed several Kremlin wall merlons, out of 1044 in total
Three Merlons of the Moscow Kremlin Wall Collapsed in Today's Storm. This is not the first time the merlons of the Kremlin wall have come down. During the storm in the summer of 1998, several of them were likewise destroyed by falling trees. In all, the wall is
NB! · Books · Observations · Education
Taking My MBA in the Library
Faith · Observations · Humour
Saint Pancras in Jewelled Armour, 16th to 19th Centuries
I had a call from the other world, and they told me their most beautiful skeleton had gone missing 😍
Museums · Paris · People · Humour
Now You Too Have Seen Napoleon in His Coffin
Now you too have seen Napoleon in his coffin. In tattered boots. A curious miniature at an exhibition at the French Musée de l'Armée, closing any day now, shows Napoleon as his body was found in 1840 in the grave on the island of Saint Helena: in the
NB! · Aristocracy · Monarchies · Pop Culture · Humour
If you happen to have thirty-five to forty million roubles lying about, you might consider acquiring the tiara of Pauline Bonaparte
If you happen to have thirty-five to forty million roubles lying about, you might consider acquiring the tiara of Pauline Bonaparte. My business is merely to suggest it
Books · Observations · Mores · Humour
Dialogue of Clytemnestra and Electra about Orestes’s childhood, with a nod to Jung
Mothers in every age want obedience from their children and grandchildren from their obedience, and above all obedience in the matter of grandchildren. Forgive me for propping up my thesis with a quotation from Clytemnestra, that very mother, slain by her son Orestes at the instigation of his jealous sister
Coming Up · Moscow · Museums · New York · Society
Round table at the Museum of Russian Impressionism on 1920s New York and 2020s Moscow
Today at the Museum of Russian Impressionism we talk with respected people about the cultural parallels between New York in the 1920s and Moscow in the 2020s. The angle is original and, I am sure, we may count on an unconventional view and, in the end, finally work out what
NB! · Cinema · Pop Culture
Monica Bellucci as one of Dracula's brides in Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film
Monica Bellucci in one of her first film roles: one of Dracula's brides in Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" of 1992. Beside her are Michaela Bercu and Florina Kendrick, whose names, if one is to be honest, I have never happened to hear
Observations · Society · Reportage · Society Pages
Edvard Radzinsky gave the final Club 418 lecture while public events continue
Friends and colleagues, I see that my announcement about Club 418 has interested and even stirred many of you. I hasten to report from the scene of events, from the final lecture of Club 418, which, like the very first lecture 9 years ago, was given by Edvard Radzinsky. Only
Education · Society
Irina Kudrina Announces End of Club 418 Lectures for Its Members
Irina Kudrina announces that Club 418, which she runs with Nadya Obolentseva, is ceasing its activities. At least in its customary lecture format upd *is ceasing its lecture activities for club members