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"What's that you've got?" "An e-book." "Trying to give up reading?"
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Delightful Works at the “Wonders” Exhibition at the Sèvres Ceramics Museum in Paris
NB! · Archaeology · Observations · Humour
Tourist discovers 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus in use at a Bulgarian bar
Tourist discovers 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus in use at a Bulgarian bar. Ah, those Balkans.
NB! · Faith · The East · Ethnography
Hell among the Indians, Naraka, lies at the bottom of the earth, but souls are condemned to remain there only for a time, depending on their guilt, after which they may leave it in the shape of "unclean" beasts
NB! · Cinema · Moscow · Observations · Society Pages
"Anora" has premiered at the Khudozhestvenny, and I hope the film gets a wide release too
"Anora" has premiered at the Khudozhestvenny, and I hope the film gets a wide release too. Mark Eidelshtein is excellent, Mikey Madison plays very well, and Yura Borisov is not bad either. The screenplay does not dazzle, though the direction is up to standard, and it would be
NB! · Books · Observations
Autumn is essentially the same goddess as spring; she has simply come to collect her flowers
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A Dictionary of Ailments
A Dictionary of Ailments. R: Rapture
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Two rowers in straw hats in a boat on green water, painting in a gilded frame
NB! · Art · Books · Rome
A beautiful engraving by Cornelis Claesz Duyssend, showing Romulus and Remus vying for the milk of the she-wolf, on the title page of one of the best-known books on the history of Rome, a concise account of events from the foundation of the city to the da
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Charlotte Brontë's writing desk with the quills and penknife she used
Charlotte Brontë's writing desk, with a penknife. For the most part she wrote with genuine quills, although the fountain pen had already been invented and was in active use.
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