The Le Train Bleu restaurant at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, a historic monument

The popular French restaurant Le Train Bleu, at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, is officially classed as a historic monument. The refined establishment takes its name from the famous luxury passenger train that ran to the French Riviera. But at the outset it was simply a buffet, the lavish buffet of the Gare de Lyon, painted and decorated by celebrated artists and architects. Most of the interiors have come down to us in their original state

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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

The Le Train Bleu restaurant at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, a historic monument

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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