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And at Nika Neyolova's Show at the Voznesensky Centre the Parquet Has Gone Up in Arms

The first solo exhibition of the London-based artist of Russian origin Nika Neyolova, [Ъ] [Ы] [Ь], has opened in Moscow, curated by graduates of that very Garage and Higher School of Economics master's programme. Besides the parquet, I liked the wooden pieces in the adjoining hall, which

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They write that we may not see the Queen until February 😢 But so long as she is alive and well

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This striking aquamarine brooch was given by Nicholas II, then still Tsesarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich, to Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt, the future Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, on their betrothal

The brooch is on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Fabergé exhibition

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Today, as on every second Saturday of November since 1215, the Lord Mayor's Show was held in the City of London

Today, as on every second Saturday of November since 1215, the Lord Mayor's Show was held in the City of London. One of the oldest civic processions in Europe brings together the most ancient guilds, municipal services, the military, diplomats and ordinary citizens, and is devoted to the

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Someone will object that the freedom to talk nonsense is not the same thing as freedom of speech, but according to the newspaper Metro, people refuse to accept that the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not a nineteenth-century cross-dressing prosti

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This is what a seventeenth-century road paved with cattle bones looks like in Oxford

Bones as a road surface were used not only in England but more or less everywhere in Europe. In the Moscow Kremlin an entire street has been found, admittedly a far older one, dating from the twelfth century, which had been laid with the bones of domestic animals. The bone

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Spurs are part of the full-dress uniform of a colonel in the British Army

Spurs are part of the full-dress uniform of a colonel in the British Army. At his wedding Prince William wore the ceremonial uniform of a colonel of the Irish Guards and likewise jingled his spurs. The female colonel's uniform, however, does not include spurs: women are supposed

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"When the Roman Empire fell, it was in large part the result of uncontrolled immigration

"When the Roman Empire fell, it was in large part the result of uncontrolled immigration. The empire could no longer control its borders ..and Europe sank into the Dark Ages, which lasted a very long time. ..it could happen again" The Prime Minister of Britain has warned of

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So, on 30 November Sotheby's in London will put up works by Konchalovsky, Goncharova, Roerich, Petrov-Vodkin and a dozen or so other significant names of Russian art

So, on 30 November Sotheby's in London will put up works by Konchalovsky, Goncharova, Roerich, Petrov-Vodkin and a dozen or so other significant names of Russian art. Last year the Russian Sale brought in 40 million dollars. This year, still greater takings are expected.

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At the opening of the pre-auction exhibition for Sotheby's Russian Sale, MUAR director Elizaveta Likhacheva reminded guests that Alexey Shchusev was a four-time winner of the Stalin Prize and a holder of an order of the Holy Synod

At the opening of the pre-auction exhibition for Sotheby's Russian Sale, MUAR director Elizaveta Likhacheva reminded guests that Alexey Shchusev was a four-time winner of the Stalin Prize and a holder of an order of the Holy Synod. What is meant is the Order of Saint

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The morning after the fire at Madame Tussaud's in London in 1925 looks much like the morning after a rave in 2021

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The Anglo-Irish suffragist Charlotte Despard in Trafalgar Square in 1910 and in 1933

The Anglo-Irish suffragist Charlotte Despard in Trafalgar Square in 1910 and in 1933. Across a gap of 23 years the woman lost none of her grip, her will to protest or her power to inspire a crowd. First she, a writer, pacifist, tax resister, philanthropist, socialist and vegetarian, stood