NB! · Books · Observations · Humour

Can you imagine a world in which the crew of Jules Verne's Nautilus, when the giant squid attacks, rush onto the conning tower not with axes but with little "welcome" flags?

NB! · The East · Art · Books · Saint Petersburg

Alexander Orlovsky's Illustrations to Gaspard Drouville's "Journey to Persia"

Alexander Orlovsky's illustrations to Gaspard Drouville's "Journey to Persia". Saint Petersburg, 1819–1821. A remarkable example of early Russian lithography.

A huge wooden panel with a geometric pattern of slats in a tall atrium, with a lone person walking below.

NB! · Architecture · Art · Ethnography

Birch wood panel “Mother Earth” by Sámi artist Outi Pieski in the atrium of the government building in Oslo

The 51-metre panel "Mother Earth", made of birch wood and installed in the atrium of the new government building in Oslo. The panel's creator is the Finnish-born, renowned Sámi artist Outi Pieski

NB! · Museums · Observations · Society · Paris · Humour

Following Her Resignation, the Louvre's Disastrous Director Is Appointed to a "New Prestigious Post" Within France's G7 Presidency

Following her resignation, the Louvre's disastrous director has been appointed to a "new prestigious post" within France's G7 presidency. Personnel decide everything

A woman in glasses, a dark jacket and a white shirt sits at a microphone in front of a perforated wooden wall.

NB! · Museums · Observations · Heritage · Society · Paris · Humour

Director of the Louvre in Paris resigns, and the author assesses her work

Well, well: the Director of the Louvre has finally resigned. She wrecked whatever she could, and we may at least be thankful she did not burn the place down

NB! · Archive · Faith · Heritage

The Trinity Lavra of St Sergius in 1962

NB! · Humour

In Real Life He Looks Nothing Like His Photos…

NB! · Cinema · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

Here is a question I keep turning over: which is the better role, the protocol droid C-3PO or Joe Biden?

NB! · Observations · Education · Humour

A question: does anyone seriously believe that in Ancient Rus' they could not reduce fractions, and failed to grasp that the Thrice-Nine Kingdom was really the One-Third Kingdom?

Spires of the Sagrada Família with the central tower topped by a cross, above the rooftops of Barcelona and the sea.

NB! · Architecture · Observations

Sagrada Família in Barcelona nearly complete after 144 years

The bandura is nearly finished. After 144 years. Was it worth dragging things out for so long? The question remains open