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Grandad, is that really you?

In case you failed to recognise him, these photographs of 1895-1900 show the young Winston Churchill

Society · Humour

“The whole art of political dialogue consists in taking turns to speak alone”

André Frossard

NB! · Humour

But Tinkoff doesn't even know how the word "nepotism" is spelled

NB! · Books · Observations · Humour

Colour a Photograph of Dostoevsky Clumsily Enough with Felt-Tips and You Will Get Dobrolyubov

A teddy bear on a stand inside a wooden display case with white walls, with a Sortie Exit sign and arrow on the left.

NB! · Art · Humour

Bertrand Lavier's teddy bear as an example of contemporary art

Contemporary art comes in this kind too. Teddy bear. Bertrand Lavier

Monarchies · People · Humour

Worked up an appetite?

His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland 🤤🤤

Observations · Paris · People · Humour

Some hold that genius is passed down by inheritance, while others have no children

Marcel Achard

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A creepy fellow I would not let within several kilometres of my children. Let alone my wife.

A creepy fellow I would not let within several kilometres of my children. Let alone my wife. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, her five children, their governess and Rasputin. Where was Nicholas II looking?

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Russian Ministry of Finance on European money markets and the rouble to mark rate

And I, what of it? I simply rejoice at Russia's financial triumphs of 1891. "The key to the financial position of Europe lies in the Russian Ministry of Finance... The Russian Ministry of Finance serves Europe as a brokers' bank... Russian influence on the money markets

Sculpted figure with gilded drapery beneath an ornate vault, half cleaned and half still covered in grey grime.

NB! · Architecture · Museums · Heritage · Paris · Humour

Mollien Staircase decoration at the Louvre before and after removal of 120 years of grime

Decorative elements of the Escalier Mollien in the Louvre before and after the removal of 120 years of grime, dust and soot. And are you still quite certain that your ceiling was grey to begin with?

An elderly man in a white cassock and skullcap cups his hand to his ear, with a television camera visible on the right.

Faith · Observations · Humour

Post author questions the words of a man he links to globalization

Pope Francis has urged priests to beware of the polite, well-educated devil: the one who rings the doorbell, waits to be invited in, and then takes over the house. It is curious that this is said by the very same man who is on friendly terms with the devil

Two young men with wet hair in water up to their necks beside the side of a boat, one of them smiling.

Aristocracy · Archive · Monarchies · Humour

Future King Edward VIII and his cousin Louis Mountbatten in their youth

They were young, merry, discovering the world... The future King Edward VIII and his cousin, the future Viceroy of India, Louis Mountbatten: - imagine, after all this our nephews will marry - and will rule England - and will rule England - you idiot, stop it))))))