NB! · Art · Observations · Humour

If you rest, then like Guido Reni's Sleeping Putto, 1627-1628

NB! · Monarchies · People · Humour

George VI in a Kimono

NB! · Museums · Observations · Paris · Humour

Much in the world changes, but not the queues at the Louvre

NB! · London · Monarchies · Pop Culture · Humour

The Best So Far on the Disappearance of Kate Middleton

NB! · Observations · Science · Humour

Celebrated Irish scientists: the ancient Irish were dark-skinned with blue eyes

Celebrated Irish scientists: the ancient Irish were dark-skinned with blue eyes. Shall we carry on, or is anyone ready to get off?

NB! · Art · New York · Humour

The Future of Mankind?

The future of mankind? By the American illustrator Reid Kikuo Johnson, cover of The New Yorker, October 2017

Sepia photograph of 1865: a woman and a girl in a hat sit before the huge stones of Stonehenge, with a man in a hat behind them.

Archaeology · Archive · Heritage · Humour

The oldest photograph of Stonehenge, taken in 1865, and the monument today

Stonehenge in 1865, in its oldest photograph. And Stonehenge today. Someone took the proverb about a time to gather stones rather too literally

NB! · Cinema · Humour

We've Arrived

We've arrived. Alfred Hitchcock

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Imagination, the Moment You Lie Down to Sleep

Aristocracy · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

If I have a favourite family tree, it is unquestionably that of Scrooge McDuck

Donald Duck is his nephew, in case anyone has forgotten

Cover of Majesty magazine: a smiling woman in a blue hat and coat, with the headline “Catherine Princess Of Wales Is Doing Well”.

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Majesty magazine states on its cover that Catherine, Princess of Wales, is doing well

Nothing to see here, folks, do disperse. If Majesty magazine itself splashes across its cover that all is well with Kate Middleton, then there is truly nothing to worry about.

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