NB! · Interviews · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
Remember how Maria Zakharova, in her interview with Tatler, gushed and simpered about her dolls' house? Such vulgarity... A Victorian funeral parlour for dolls is another matter entirely. Now that is a hobby!
NB! · Architecture · Art
NB! · Architecture · Art · Monarchies
The New Palace in Stuttgart, the hall with palms. The interior was created 150 years before the appearance of the Art Deco style
NB! · Observations
NB! · Archaeology · Monarchies · Science
A badge bearing a silver boar, the emblem of Richard III, has been found at Bosworth. Thanks to this token, which belonged to one of the king's closest knights, archaeologists have been able to establish the exact site of the battle
NB! · Faith · Art · Humour
The Kiss of Peter and Paul, 15th century. Male friendship
NB! · Art · Observations · Humour
Jan Miense Molenaer, 17th century. Children PLAYING AND MAKING MERRY. I can imagine what my mother would have done to these children for such games. Not that I am any fonder of tormentors of animals myself 👿
NB! · Archaeology · The East · Art · Museums · Observations · Humour
King Idrimi of Alalakh has been extremely tense for 3,500 years, as though disturbed at an inconvenient moment. And his face seems to say more than the autobiographical text inscribed across his robe
NB! · Faith · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
Queen Victoria presents a Bible to an ambassador from an East African country. I do love English humour
NB! · Observations
NB! · Observations · Nature · Ethnography
In Europe there was a superstition that shrubs clipped in a straight line serve as a pathway for witches, and so a hedge must take some other shape. But I am not afraid of witches and I enjoy the beauty of the park
NB! · Monarchies · Museums · People