NB! · Archaeology · Humour

He lay there quietly, tucked under a blanket of centuries of sand, and then all these people turned up with their spades

NB! · Faith · Cinema · People

Patriarch Kirill Awards Emir Kusturica the Order of St Seraphim of Sarov, First Class

Patriarch Kirill has awarded Emir Kusturica the Order of St Seraphim of Sarov, First Class. The award was timed to coincide with the director's 70th birthday. The congratulatory address states that the order was conferred on the filmmaker for his contribution to the preservation of traditional values

NB! · Art · Paris

High time to recall the snowy views of Gustave Caillebotte

NB! · Observations

It is clear which side I am on, but what about you?

NB! · Observations

Have a good weekend, everyone

NB! · Mores

A Few Words on the Difficulties of Legendary, or Rather Mythical, Couples

NB! · Cinema · London · Pop Culture · Society Pages

Hugh Bonneville posts a photo of the greatest British actors of our time at the celebration of Noël Coward's 125th anniversary: Derek Jacobi, 86, Judi Dench, nearly 90, Ian McKellen, 85

Hugh Bonneville has posted a photo of the greatest British actors of our time at the celebration of Noël Coward's 125th anniversary: Derek Jacobi, 86, Judi Dench, nearly 90, Ian McKellen, 85. The dinosaurs are still in the ranks 💥

Old photograph of a man in a hat and a small boy asleep side by side on a garden daybed beside a rustic log fence.

NB! · Archive · Books · People

J. R. R. Tolkien with his three-year-old son Christopher in a photograph from 1928

Professor J. R. R. Tolkien and his three-year-old son Christopher, 1928

Red brick prison buildings with a tall chimney, a domed church and a round roofless structure, surrounded by city blocks and a road.

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Aerial view of the Kresty prison complex in St Petersburg

Black and white photograph of a granite relief with four standing baboon figures in a museum display.

NB! · Faith · The East · Art · Museums · Paris · Nature

Relief of four baboons from the Temple of Amun at Thebes, Louvre collection

Baboons worshipping the sun. Stone relief from the Theban temple of Amun, Louvre collection

NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

I cannot decide whether this bulldog in a gentleman's suit wounds my feelings for Churchill or, on the contrary, gladdens the soul

NB! · Moscow · Observations · Humour