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NB! · Geography · Maps · Moscow · Observations · Humour
Am I mistaken, or does Ryazan on this map of 1556 really enjoy a more attractive situation than Moscow?
NB! · Archive · Science · People · Humour
The manuscript of an article by Yury Valentinovich Knorozov, co-authored by the cat Asya
NB! · Monarchies · People
Prince Philip returns to Windsor Castle after 28 nights in hospital, the longest stay of his life
NB! · Observations · Humour
Readers are asked to identify a Russian ruler from an excerpt of an old book
Guess who is being described. Several names come to mind at once, do they not?
NB! · Art · Mores · Humour
A Crinoline Mishap
A crinoline mishap. Poor girl, one longs to offer her a hand. But the fellow, instead of helping, has raised a finger and stands there looking gleeful.
NB! · In the Press · Books · Pop Culture · Humour
News from the World of Books
News from the world of books. Nastya Ivleeva and the Parnassian Mockingbird 🥰
NB! · Museums · Observations
When One Is Delighted by Museums That Actually Work
NB! · Aristocracy · Archive · London · Monarchies
In honour of Mother's Day, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has published this photograph of 1990 with her mother, the 70-year-old Hon. Rosalind Shand, née Cubitt, of the youthful baronial house of Ashcombe, created in 1892 for…
NB! · Archive · Architecture · Faith
Greek priest before the Parthenon in a photograph by Kees Scherer, mid-1960s
A Greek Orthodox priest before the Parthenon in Athens. Photograph by the Dutch photographer Kees Scherer, mid-1960s
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Helmet with leopard skin and white plume in a museum display case
NB! · Art · Museums