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NB! · Moscow · Observations · Humour

The Wallpaper in Dzerzhinsky's Memorial Study, as if Streaked with Blood

NB! · Observations · Humour

On discovering that a sandwich at the theatre buffet costs 8,000

NB! · Cinema · London · Monarchies · Humour

The Queen's appearance on screen alongside Paddington Bear is as unexpected as her turn with James Bond in 2012

NB! · Architecture · London · Monarchies · Heritage

Prince Charles and Camilla beside a memorial plaque to all the men and women who saved St Paul's Cathedral from destruction during the war

NB! · Archive · People · Pop Culture

Audrey Hepburn in Hubert de Givenchy's salon, wearing Givenchy

NB! · Humour

When You Missed the Sanctions Lists

NB! · Observations · Mores

A Brief Word on the Habit of Dragging Small Children Everywhere

NB! · Faith · Heritage · Nature

Priests and a dog in a chapel inside the trunk of an ancient oak at the Holy Nicholas Hermitage Monastery, Koropsky District, Chernihiv Region, Ukraine

NB! · Observations · Saint Petersburg

A Declaration of Love to the City on the Neva ❤️

NB! · Art · Museums · Observations · Saint Petersburg

Vrubel at the Russian Museum, Benois Wing

Vrubel at the Russian Museum, Benois Wing. I don't know, am I the only one with questions about the colour scheme of the room?

NB! · Monarchies · People · Nature · Humour

Peter I owned a horse called Lisette and a smooth-haired terrier called Lisette, and his imagination, it seems, did not stretch to names

NB! · Observations · Nature · Humour

Marsupial joeys make their way to a meal along a path licked clear by their mother: in the wild, it's all just like show business