NB! · Archaeology · Books · Observations

On seeing an image of Osiris protected by the Mehen serpent, which destroys the enemies of Light by beheading them, I recalled Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince" and the snake that swallowed an elephant

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21 December is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, after which comes the longest night of the year

21 December is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, after which comes the longest night of the year. Astronomical winter is held to begin precisely at the winter solstice. It will last until 20 March 2025, the day of the spring equinox

NB! · Archive · Art · Monarchies

A Snow Statue of Queen Victoria, Made in the Winter of 1890

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Ours💞

An open book showing the poem "Fountain" about the Trevi Fountain. Behind the page hang bright abstract paintings with relief elements.

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Book page with the poem "Fountain" in front of abstract paintings

NB! · Books · Society Pages

Ksenia Chilingarova reads her poems with great feeling at the launch of K. Bondyreva's collection of lyric verse "Dear Friend,"

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A Good Dog

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Can Sobyanin Be Summoned to Versailles?

Can Sobyanin be summoned to Versailles? If only for the duration of the repairs to the Parterre du Midi and the Parterre du Nord

NB! · Architecture · Observations · Heritage · Paris

All the Same, Notre-Dame Is Too White and Too New Inside

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They Do as They Please

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The Red and the Black Sun: illustrations from the late sixteenth-century alchemical book Splendor Solis by Salomon Trismosin

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