Pope Francis has been admitted to hospital shortly after the traditional Sunday prayer in Saint Peter's Square. The Holy See's press office reports that the Pope is to undergo a scheduled operation on the intestine. Let us pray that all goes well, and that the 84-year-old pontiff soon returns to the Vatican, alive and well.
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
