Daily Mirror page headed “Beatlemania!”, with a photo of a screaming girl, her hands raised to her head, and a second photo of seated spectators.

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Beatlemania on the pages of the Daily Mirror in November 1963

Beatlemania, provoking emotions as on a painting by Munch

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May the Force Be with You

May the Force be with you

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Not Bad

Not bad

A nude man in an orange cloak raises a torch, with a dark sculpted figure seated beside him.

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Heinrich Friedrich Füger's painting “Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind”

“Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind”. Heinrich Friedrich Füger

Black-and-white photograph of Catherine Deneuve in a dark swimsuit sitting on the stone edge of a pool, arms around her knee, feet in the water.

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Catherine Deneuve on the set of Jean Aurel's film “Manon 70” in October 1967

Catherine Deneuve in October 1967, during the shooting of the film "Manon 70" directed by Jean Aurel

Worn cover of Ed Buryn's book “Vagabonding in Europe and North Africa” with a photograph of a man in a hat and dark glasses.

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Ed Buryn's Book “Vagabonding in Europe and North Africa”, Revised Edition

I did not expect to meet Nikita Mikhalkov here

Salon with moulded wall panels, gilded decoration, an arched mirror, a floral screen, a chest of drawers and a games table.

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Interiors of Marie Antoinette's apartments at Fontainebleau, designed by Pierre Rousseau in 1785–1786

Marie Antoinette's apartments at Fontainebleau and the design for their decoration by Pierre Rousseau, 1785-86.

Скриншот обсуждения в соцсети: вопрос бухгалтерам о том, как в учёте отражается Ленин в мавзолее, и комментарии о бюджетных счетах.

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How the Mausoleum and Lenin's Body Are Carried in the Books

The Mausoleum is carried as a fixed asset, as are the sarcophagus and the equipment, while the clothing and the reagents count as materials. And Lenin himself, who takes no part in the production cycle and is not subject to depreciation, presumably sits in an off-balance-sheet account?

Two long wooden escalators rise through a white-tiled tunnel, with a wooden central panel between them bearing the sign “NOOD STOP”.

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A wooden escalator of the 1930s in the Saint Anne pedestrian tunnel in Antwerp

A wooden escalator of the 1930s in the Saint Anne's pedestrian tunnel in Antwerp

Screenshot of a search result stating that Emmanuel Macron remains President of France until 13 May 2027, when his second five-year term expires.

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Emmanuel Macron's term as President of France ends on 13 May 2027

But there is good news too

In a hall of the European Parliament stands a golden sculpture seated on the shoulders of a bronze figure, the plinth reading “The Orange Plague”, with two men walking past.

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Jens Galschiøt's sculpture “The Orange Plague” is on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

It is rather odd that this sculpture, entitled "The Orange Plague", by the Danish artist Jens Galschiøt should be displayed in the building of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Black-and-white lithograph of a church with a tall dome and spire, with people, a horseman and a cart on the road before it and trees on both sides.

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The Church of the Invalides in Paris in a Lithograph of 1840

Les Invalides. Lithograph of 1840