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Art Week positively teems with bright events, and here at the Triumph Gallery is the presentation of a sumptuous album from Shaltai Editions
Art Week positively teems with bright events, and here at the Triumph Gallery is the presentation of a sumptuous album from Shaltai Editions. The vivid fuchsia portfolio Le Jardin, with silkscreen prints by Alexandra Vertinskaya, sets the spring mood in a barely thawed Moscow, quite literally. The album reproduces 8
Aristocracy · Monarchies · People
Luis Alfonso de Bourbon as titular King of France and claimants from the House of Orléans
You may be surprised, but France has a king even today. Although the title is disputed, most legitimists and monarchists regard the titular Duke of Anjou, a direct heir of Louis XIV and a member of the Spanish royal family, Luis Alfonso de Borbón, as the titular King of France.
Monarchies · Mores · Paris · People
Memory of Louis XVII in France, rumours of his escape and the false Louis claimants
Monarchist sentiment in France remains strong to this day, and the view of Louis XVII as an innocent victim has taken hold of many minds. Thus there is well-founded talk that a monument ought to be raised to Louis-Charles, Louis XVII, dedicated also to all infant and child
Monarchies · Paris · People
Imprisonment and death of Louis-Charles, regarded as King Louis XVII, in the Temple
Louis-Charles of France, second son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, was confined in a dungeon and for several years subjected to torture. After the execution of his parents he was regarded as King of France, Louis XVII. A remarkable child, filled with courage, dignity and intelligence, he lived
Cinema · Books · Observations · Pop Culture · Saint Petersburg
1985 Soviet TV play of Tolkien’s The Hobbit with Gerdt, Krasko and Danilov
Since everyone is so delighted with the Soviet "Lord of the Rings" that Channel Five has put online, I suggest watching the Soviet "Hobbit" as well, with a more starry cast and a truly epic Gollum. Zinovy Gerdt is the narrator, Ivan Krasko is Gandalf, Mikhail
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Laundresses, 1652-53, by the Dutch watercolourist and poetess Gesina ter Borch, best known for the touching and amusing sketches of scenes from family life in her albums
Archive · Observations · Science
Do you think the prediction of the Soviet scientist Vsevolod Zubakov about the emergence of a cybernetic organism, made back in the 1990s, has begun to come true?
Do you think the prediction of the Soviet scientist Vsevolod Zubakov about the emergence of a cybernetic organism, made back in the 1990s, has begun to come true? After all, advanced artificial intelligence is not so very far from the state described. Be that as it may, I love infographics
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Faith · Society · Rome
Easter ceremonies in Rome changed in 2021 because of Covid restrictions
The famous photograph from last year's Palm Sunday service: Pope Francis holds a stylised palm branch, to which the history of the feast is tied. In 2021 all the Easter events in Rome have been altered on account of Covid restrictions. The number of guests at the traditional
Faith · Society · Rome
Palm Sunday was usually marked by Mass in Saint Peter's Square, but for the second year running the ceremony is taking place under strict coronavirus restrictions
Palm Sunday was usually marked by Mass in Saint Peter's Square, but for the second year running the ceremony is taking place under strict coronavirus restrictions. In Italy the lockdown will last until Easter Sunday. In today's homily at the Altar of the Chair of Saint
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Pope Francis at the Palm Sunday service
Pope Francis at the Palm Sunday service. From tomorrow Holy Week begins for Catholics. This is already the second Easter under lockdown. For the Orthodox, Palm Sunday falls this year on 25 April