Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Education
A memorial plaque to Iosif Kobzon has appeared on one of the buildings of the Gnessin Institute of Music and Pedagogy. I pass the music salon of the Shuvalova house, which is now the correct name for this building, almost every day, and yet I am seeing the commemorative plaque
Education · Society · Paris
Some years ago a public debate flared up in France over the words of the republic's national symbol, the Marseillaise. Should children hear and sing words that preach cruelty, and in so crude a form, from their earliest years? The debate naturally reveals the charm of the French
Coming Up · Moscow · Education
The organisers have announced that this year authors submitted 815 plays to the competition. The plays that passed the selection will be presented from 5 to 12 September in the form of directors' staged readings, followed by wide-ranging discussion, at the 8/3 venue in Moscow.
Books · Museums · Observations · Education
Podcasts once more. Not long ago I wrote about what various museums are recording. Today I shall tell you what else the world of podcasting has to offer by way of education. It seems that everyone has taken up podcasts of late, so finding good content is now fairly easy.
NB! · Science · Education
Coming Up · Art · Education · Saint Petersburg
At 19.30, join the online lecture by Ilya Doronchenkov, Professor at the European University at Saint Petersburg: “Diaghilev's Failure? The Wrong Road to the West”
Art · Science · Education · People
10²+11²+12²= 365 13²+14²= 365 Those whom the subject has intrigued will find an informative note about this painting, and about Rachinsky himself, on Artchive
Art · Observations · Education · People
Mental Arithmetic at Rachinsky's Village School, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, 1895. The problem on the blackboard, (10²+11²+12²+13²+14²)/365, World of engineering proposes to solve in one's head. I, to be honest, did not manage it at the first attempt: I tried to break
Books · Moscow · Education
Sergey Aksakov studied at university for two years and received a certificate. Nikolay Stankevich, by contrast, studied for four, having had to sit the same course twice on account of a cholera epidemic.
Monarchies · Education · People
On coming to power, Napoleon renamed the town of Brienne Brienne-Napoléon, in memory of his schooling. The town kept that name until 1881. In 1814 the Emperor returned to Brienne, the scene of his first childhood battle, and it was here that the first major engagement with the Allies
Monarchies · Education · People
Napoleonic literature contains a very touching memory of his childhood, which tells us a good deal about the personality of the Emperor. At the age of ten he entered the Royal Military School of Brienne-le-Château. Given the family's financial difficulties, a scholarship to this establishment, prestigious
NB! · Interviews · Cinema · Observations · Education · People
Jean-Luc Godard, aged 89, live on the Instagram of the University of Lausanne, where he once taught a course on cinema. One gets the feeling that Godard does not quite grasp what the young people are up to here, and simply chills, puffing on a cigar as he answers