Science · Education · Society · People
And do you know what else hardly anyone is discussing? That Robert Maxwell, father of Epstein's partner in crime, was the architect of the peer review system. So. A media magnate, about whom there are quite serious and widely discussed allegations of ties to Israeli intelligence, or at
Archive · Education · Society
The proposal to introduce such marks was voiced at the Human Rights Council as long ago as 2024. On a trial basis, conduct marks have been awarded since the start of the 2025/26 school year in 89 schools in seven regions of Russia, each of which has chosen one
NB! · Archive · Cinema · Moscow · Education
In this photograph from the early 1960s: students of the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio. In the front row Vera Alentova is easy to recognise; in the back row one can make out Andrey Myagkov, along with Vsevolod Abdulov, Gemma Osmolovskaya, Yelena Odintsova and Rogvold Sukhoverko
Coming Up · Education · Society
How should a cultural manager develop these days? For a long time the sphere of culture was short of good managers. This hit the regions especially hard, where, without strong personnel, even the brightest creative potential remained within the walls of institutions, without a budget or competent management. At present,
Books · Observations · Education · Society · Humour
The Russian Ministry of Labour Has Approved a Professional Standard for “Writer”, to Take Effect on 1 September 2026. One of its provisions states that a writer is a person with a higher education. No, Maxim Gorky did not have a higher education. He tried to enter Kazan University, but
Books · Observations · Education
A very common error in the government of prepositions turned up in a book title. It is usually met with in the formatting of time intervals, but ordinarily in humdrum circumstances: in notices of opening hours, in announcements and in regulations of every sort, drawn up in haste and without
Archive · Education · Society · Saint Petersburg · Humour
Homo homini amicus, collega et frater est: Man Is to Man a Friend, Comrade and Brother. The historian of antiquity Mark Naumovich Botvinnik (1917-1994) recalls Stalin's post-war reforms as an attempt by an ageing leader to bring back the feeling of youth. Old people begin to
Faith · Observations · Education · Society
Irish teacher Enoch Burke goes to prison for being a practising Christian and refusing to use the preferred pronouns and new name of a transgender pupil. He has been sentenced, for refusing to renounce his faith, his common sense and his clear conscience, to indefinite confinement until he complies with
Archive · Books · Moscow · Observations · Education
Mikhail Alexandrovich Dmitriev, an old Russian writer of the Slavophile circle, now almost forgotten, recalls the Church Slavonic classes of his university years in this way. Professor of Slavonic philology Matvey Gavrilov proposed that, wherever possible, Russian words in speech be exchanged for Slavonic ones, and the result was handsome:
Archive · Books · Mores · Education · Saint Petersburg · Humour
Gymnastics for Young Ladies, Adapted to Their Various Ages, for Public and Domestic Education. Adopted as a guide in the Saint Petersburg institutes under the Department of the Institutions of Empress Maria. The author, a doctor of medicine and surgery, described exercises intended specifically for women. The doctor held that
Observations · Education · Society
Since 1980, California has built 22 prisons and 1 university. In fact, three more colleges have opened in that time. Do you think this is a case where correlation points to causation, or not? After all, it is quite possible that the number of criminals in California has grown since
Faith · Observations · Education
I fear that the universities will prove to be the great gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them upon the hearts of youth. Martin Luther, 1520. Looking at what goes on in the Western university, one sees that a quotation five hundred