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The Piano on Which All the Hits of the Russian Pop Stage Are Written

NB! · Archive · Monarchies · Paris · People

Twenty-four years ago, Arthur Edwards, who had photographed Princess Diana for seventeen years, took this picture of her coffin leaving the ancient Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris

NB! · Observations · Humour

I do love the discussions in my favourite group, above all for the insanely important information

I do love the discussions in my favourite group, above all for the insanely important information. For example, about what can give a man a nervous disorder

Portrait of a man with long hair in a black cap and dark clothing against a blue sky with clouds.

NB! · Art · Observations · Humour

Portrait of an Unknown Man by Giovanni Bellini, made between 1475 and 1500

A truly splendid hairdo and headgear, right at the top of the mode. Should I ever decide to change my style, this portrait of an unknown man, dated approximately 1475-1500 and painted by the Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini, may well serve as my point of reference

Top view of several mushrooms lying cap-up and cap-down, their pore layers and cut stems stained blue. Grass, dry leaves and green plant leaves surround them.

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Mushrooms with blue-staining flesh lying in grass and leaves

NB! · Observations · Humour

When you have already visited every abode of fashionable vice that night, but towards morning you still end up at Simach

NB! · Archive · In the Press · New York · Pop Culture

A Very Peculiar Choice of Photograph for the Cover of the Daily News Announcing the Death of Marilyn Monroe

Antique sepia photograph of a girl with long curly hair on all fours, looking at the camera.

NB! · Archive · Mores · People

Ella Harper, known as the Camel Girl, a circus and amusement show entrepreneur in the US

But jokes aside, the photograph shows Ella Harper (1870-1921), known from childhood as the Camel Girl, an impresaria of amusement and circus shows in the USA. She drew the public's curiosity by her manner of getting about, on all fours, which was owing to the peculiar structure

NB! · Books · Observations

Seasoned bibliophiles advise what to do if valuable books get wet

Seasoned bibliophiles advise what to do if valuable books get wet. Freeze them at once! And that is no joke