NB! · Observations

I wish everyone a sense of proportion in the new year

NB!

What Will My Songs Be About on These Distant Shores?

NB! · Society · Nature · Humour

The Elephant Calf Bought by Ronald Reagan for a Party Conference

Black-and-white photo: a young woman in dark glasses and a man holding a camera lead a leopard and a dog on chains across parkland grass. Passers-by stand behind them.

NB!

Two people walk a leopard and a dog on leashes in a park

NB! · Cinema · Pop Culture · Humour

Has everyone seen which Sauron they have cast for the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power?

NB! · Faith · Art

The Heavenly Host

The Heavenly Host. Viktor Vasnetsov

NB! · Faith · Art · Humour

Saint Anthony hurries away from an imposing mountain of gold that has appeared to him from a cave, resisting the temptation of riches

Saint Anthony hurries away from an imposing mountain of gold that has appeared to him from a cave, resisting the temptation of riches. Few manage to overcome this trial

NB! · Archive · The East · Books · People

Konstantin Lipskerov, 1916

Konstantin Lipskerov, 1916. Poems written under the impression of a journey to Turkestan

NB! · Humour

After His Trip to Europe, Mukhtar Is Unrecognisable

NB! · London · Monarchies · Pop Culture · Humour

What Makes Us Think That Charles III Is Subscribed to the "Thoughts of Great Lads" Page?

Black velvet cape on a mannequin, with gold embroidery on the back: a figure amid radiating beams, framed by beaded clouds. A dark blue dress is visible beneath.

NB!

Black velvet cape with gold embroidery of rays and clouds

Colour map of Central Europe showing the many small territories of the Holy Roman Empire, with labels and a list of abbreviations.

NB! · Geography · Maps · Monarchies · Humour

Political map of the Holy Roman Empire in 1359

Has it fallen apart? The Holy Roman Empire in 1359. Mind you don't lose count