They write that French farmers have dumped heaps of rubbish, muck and tyres in front of Macron's house in Le Touquet, in a resort area in the north of France, not far from the Pas-de-Calais

They write that French farmers have dumped heaps of rubbish, muck and tyres in front of Macron's house in Le Touquet, in a resort area in the north of France, not far from the Pas-de-Calais. I decided to have a look at what sort of house it is. And, you know, it has nothing in common with the property of your average post-Soviet policeman or an official at the level of a rural administration. A modest, ordinary little house, free, how shall I put it, of the foul odour of corruption schemes and a four-metre fence

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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

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

They write that French farmers have dumped heaps of rubbish, muck and tyres in front of Macron's house in Le Touquet, in a resort area in the north of France, not far from the Pas-de-Calais

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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

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