NB! · Observations

Still, the Printed Press Has Style

NB! · Art · People

Royal Greeting, Henri Cartier-Bresson

NB! · Art · Monarchies · Mores · Humour

The caption to this caricature of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette reads: "She thought she had married a man, but it was only a log"

NB! · Observations · New York · Society · Humour

If This Infographic Is to Be Believed, Latino Zoomers Like Kamala Harris No Better Than White Zoomers Do

NB! · Faith · Observations · Society

Biden, the second Catholic US president after Kennedy, attends Pope Francis's funeral

Biden, the second Catholic US president after Kennedy, attended the funeral of Pope Francis. In rather good health, compared with his time in office

NB! · New York

They Say That Yesterday in New York

A prelate in purple vestments walks ahead of men in dark suits carrying a wooden coffin. Beyond the red curtains, the obelisk and a vast crowd fill the square.

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A wooden coffin carried onto St. Peter's Square in the Vatican

Title page in bold type: author Yakov Chernikhov, title Architectural Fantasies, the number 101 twice, and imprint details: Leningrad, 1933.

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Title page of Yakov Chernikhov's book Architectural Fantasies, Leningrad, 1933

NB! · Faith · Society · People · Rome

Pope Francis Is Buried Today

Rows of square painted portraits with blurred, smeared faces and long hair against light and dark backgrounds, in muted warm and cool tones.

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Grid of blurred painted portraits facing forward

An American soldier in a helmet and a Soviet soldier in a side cap stand with their arms around each other in a black and white photograph.

NB! · Archive · Society

Soviet and American troops meet on the Elbe on 25 April 1945

On 25 April 1945, exactly 80 years ago, the meeting on the Elbe took place. Advance units of the Soviet army met troops of the US First Army. After that, Hitler's army lasted for about two weeks

Golden wheat ears in the foreground, with two tall pale twin towers and lower buildings behind them under a blue sky with clouds.

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