Parisian Fashion of 1908
The lady in the foreground of the first photograph is Julie Wolfthorn (1864–1944); the woman captured in the third portrait is a German modernist artist and graphic designer
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September digest on archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is 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
Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration
