Built in Burgundy at the end of the fourteenth century for Philip the Bold, the Château Philippe le Hardi is known for its remarkable tiled roof with a distinctive colourful pattern

Built in Burgundy at the end of the fourteenth century for Philip the Bold, the Château Philippe le Hardi is known for its remarkable tiled roof with a distinctive colourful pattern. Over the centuries it has been rebuilt several times, but it remains a significant historical and architectural landmark of the region. Such roofs, made of multicoloured tiles laid in intricate geometric patterns, are one of the region's distinctive architectural traditions

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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

Built in Burgundy at the end of the fourteenth century for Philip the Bold, the Château Philippe le Hardi is known for its remarkable tiled roof with a distinctive colourful pattern

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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