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Statue of Robert the Bruce near the Bannockburn battlefield in Scotland with an unusual plinth

The floating statue of Robert the Bruce in Scotland. Not magic, but reality.

A quite peerless pedestal, on which, in snowy weather, the horse appears to be quite detached from the ground. Bravo, the Scots!

The monument stands by the site of the landmark Battle of Bannockburn. Bravo, the Scots, for their ingenuity; a pity it was not we who thought of it.

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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

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

Statue of Robert the Bruce near the Bannockburn battlefield in Scotland with an unusual plinth

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s