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Did one of the Louvre robbers lose a Russian passport?

It won't get any funnier than this. After the Minister of Culture praised the Director of the Louvre, and the Director of the Louvre praised the head of security, who, pray, can possibly be to blame for the robbery, if not the Russians? Certainly not some gang of

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First poem by Agatha Christie, published when she was 14, found in the London newspaper Ealing and Hanwell Post of 8 July 1905

The poem, “Steam versus Electricity”, long remained unknown because Christie, in her memoirs, made a slip and stated that she had been 11 when she wrote it, rather than 14. The poem is devoted to the breakdown of electric trains. In jocular form it describes how a steam locomotive comes

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The birds from the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder recalled the turtle doves that the owner of Duncan's Toy Chest gave to Kevin McCallister

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Glenn Martens sends models down the Margiela runway wearing jewelled lip retractors as facial adornments

Glenn Martens sent models down the Margiela runway wearing jewelled lip retractors as facial adornments. I do not know whether the new accessory will go on sale or was made for the show alone. The idea is that these are Margiela's signature four stitches, only laid over the

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Look at this 1904 drawing by Sasha Schneider, “Hypnosis”, reflect that every conversation contains an element of hypnosis, and reconsider your circle of acquaintance

Not medical advice

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I Am Being Painted Again

I am being painted again. Presumably they hope that on canvas I will behave better than I do in life. Serious people, brushes, an easel, inspiration. They say: “We need to capture your inner self.” I say: “Capture the outer one first, so that I can at least recognise myself.

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The manufacturer of the goods lift used in the Louvre robbery advertises it:

For when you next need to be quick. We will move your treasures, up to 400 kg of them, at 42 metres per minute, and noiselessly too, thanks to a 230 V electric motor.

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I swear I had never heard the word VVIP, but such things do happen now

Very-very important persons I am sure that many would be prepared to pay a serious sum for such a designation

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Gendarmes Guard the Galerie d'Apollon, but It Is Rather Late for Borjomi

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I can hardly believe my eyes, but France has suffered yet another high-profile museum robbery

I can hardly believe my eyes, but France has suffered yet another high-profile museum robbery. It would seem that the criminal world has announced some sort of tour of the cultural heritage. Right after the Louvre, on Monday, the Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot in Langres, Haute-Marne, was

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Doing the one thing forbidden on the premises of the Louvre

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It turns out that the rococo-style display cases for the royal jewels installed in the Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre until 2019 were fitted with armoured glass, and that if the integrity of the outer casing was breached, their contents would automatical

It turns out that the rococo-style display cases for the royal jewels installed in the Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre until 2019 were fitted with armoured glass, and that if the integrity of the outer casing was breached, their contents would automatically drop into a safe. The