The discreet charm of Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris: delightful heaps of rubbish two steps from the Gucci boutique on Avenue Montaigne. Not everything in Europe is as it is made out to be, but something invariably lives up to the most unpleasant expectations
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. “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
