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There it is, and what is to be done

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Here is one of those stories people argue about

Hand-drawn panel: a man in a hat and jacket holds a wine glass amid sheets covered in letters. Captions: «Теперь я делаю чё хочу» and «А вот вы чё хотите?».

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Comic panel: a man with a wine glass saying he now does whatever he wants

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I don't usually complain, but for some reason I suddenly very much want to move house

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(I am on the left)

Open gilded diptych: on the left a kneeling king with two saints; on the right the Virgin in blue holding the Child, surrounded by angels in blue robes.

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The Wilton Diptych: a king with saints and the Virgin and Child with angels

Chests, knightly shields, bags and poles beside a red basement entrance of a brick building.

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Knight Ivanhoe caught up in Moscow's renovation programme in 2021

Sir Ivanhoe falls victim to renovation. Moscow, 2021

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A Disney Remake of "The Pokrovsky Gates"

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Layering has long been out of fashion, MA

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Stills from Marlen Khutsiev's 1965 film "I Am Twenty"

Stills from Marlen Khutsiev's 1965 film "I Am Twenty". So the young people embraced a little, rolled about on one another beside a football pitch, danced chastely, and nothing came of it: not a single Komsomol card fell off. Who knows what another 20 years will

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and indeed

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At a meeting with the Hungarian clergy, Pope Francis recalled Rubik's Cube and said it was a good game but not a model for life

At a meeting with the Hungarian clergy, Pope Francis recalled Rubik's Cube and said it was a good game but not a model for life. As ever, I agree with His Holiness, for everyone knows perfectly well that the finest model for life is Cindy Crawford