NB! · Archive · Nature · Saint Petersburg

The Summer Garden in Autumn, Saint Petersburg, photograph by Vsevolod Tarasevich, 1965

NB! · Archive · Books · People · Saint Petersburg

The Funeral of Anna Akhmatova, 10 March 1966

The funeral of Anna Akhmatova, 10 March 1966. Second from the left is Yevgeny Rein, beside him Arseny Tarkovsky. At the coffin is Alexey Panteleyev, and behind him Joseph Brodsky.

NB! · Observations · Mores · Humour

A Victorian funeral parlour for dolls, the indispensable addition to any dolls' town

A Victorian funeral parlour for dolls, the indispensable addition to any dolls' town. Now that is a hobby!

NB! · Humour

And this joke is three years old, mind you

A hand holds an open illustrated book showing subway passengers, including a couple in wedding attire, a father with a baby, and musicians. Captions mention a subway ride and sharing joy.

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Spread from a children's book about the New York subway with bright illustrations

NB! · Art

John Waterhouse, 1967

NB! · Cinema · Pop Culture · Humour

Gandalf the White Vanquished Sauron; Gandalf the Terry-Towelling Saves Middle-earth from a Draught

NB! · Art · Museums · Paris

A magnificent bronze statue of an Ephebe, created between 50 and 30 BC

A magnificent bronze statue of an Ephebe, created between 50 and 30 BC. Note the details: the locks of hair and the swollen veins on the wrist. This is a quiet masterpiece. On display at the Petit Palais

NB! · Books · Observations

Success may fall to a plebeian or a dullard; but to tame the terrors of mortal life and to master misfortune is the lot of a great man. Seneca

NB! · Faith

A Service in a Russian Orthodox Church in Hong Kong

NB! · Observations · Society

What do you think: is it fake news or not that Barack Obama was in fact born in Kenya, and so was an illegitimate President of the United States, elected by means of a fraud

NB! · Cinema · Observations