Among the guests at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 were Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria

Among the guests at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 were Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. It was the first celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of a monarch's reign in English history. The second Diamond Jubilee was marked by Elizabeth II, and ten years later came her Platinum Jubilee.

Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years and 214 days, Victoria for 63 years and 216 days. George III reigned for 59 years and 96 days, though for the last 9 years he was incapacitated.

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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

Among the guests at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 were Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria

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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