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Time cover on Russia's dissident intellectuals, September 1968
In the Press · Books · People
Solzhenitsyn's 1970 Nobel Prize and two Time covers before he received it
On 8 October 1970 Alexandr Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature". Alexandr Isayevich would receive the prize itself only in December 1974, after his expulsion from the Soviet Union. It is
Archive · Mores · People · Humour
There is a memory of Lilya Brik, recorded by the poetess Anna Said-Shah, from when Brik was 86
There is a memory of Lilya Brik, recorded by the poetess Anna Said-Shah, from when Brik was 86. An Italian journalist who was visiting her at Peredelkino asked why she went to France rather than to Italy, which was every bit as good. Lilya replied that in Italy people
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Coming Up · Art · Museums · Observations
Among the interesting exhibitions currently on, I would visit "Avant-Garde
Among the interesting exhibitions currently on, I would visit "Avant-Garde. By Cart into the 21st Century" in Yekaterinburg. It is a joint project of the Yeltsin Centre and the "Encyclopaedia of the Russian Avant-Garde", devoted to displays of contemporary art in the provincial towns
Monarchies · Observations · Mores
Margrethe II blows a kiss to her sister Benedikte outside Christiansborg on the day parliament opens
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark blows a kiss to her sister, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, outside Christiansborg Palace on the opening day of parliament. I adore the Danish royal family for their endearing habits, charming manners and such down-to-earth views. Even during the quarantine, Margrethe II sets an
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Vintage photograph of a man in a bowler hat and overcoat on exhibition
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Reportage
Review of the 2020 Photobiennale at MAMM with works by Mukhin, Chilikov and Epstein
Went to the Photobiennale 2020 at MAMM, sharing my photographic impressions. Photographs of photographs are a genre of their own, and one that, I think, would be far more successful were it not for the glass between the viewer and the object of art. The first thing you see on
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Auction in a large hall: two black-and-white photographs on exhibition
Moscow · Observations · Education · Society
On the resignation of the rector of MGIMO I made the following observation: in the 46 years from 1944 to 1990 the institute changed 14 heads, and not one of them held the post to the last day of his life, all continued working after retirement, the longes
On the resignation of the rector of MGIMO I made the following observation: in the 46 years from 1944 to 1990 the institute changed 14 heads, and not one of them held the post to the last day of his life, all continued working after retirement, the longest term as
Observations · Mores · Society Pages · Humour
Spectators without masks in the stalls and Molochnikov’s remark about masks in the hall
As for antibodies, what stuck with me more was the remark of a stranger in the stalls, who explained why everyone (not quite everyone, of course, but the especially brazen) was going maskless. It is one thing when the Cossacks with their rifles go without masks: according to the text