Museums · Observations · Heritage · Ethnography

I read that the museum of tiny Martha's Vineyard, off Cape Cod in Massachusetts, is returning to Hawaii a canoe, a pestle for pounding baked taro root, a grass skirt and a piece of tapa, the traditional unwoven cloth made from tree bark…

I read that the museum of tiny Martha's Vineyard, off Cape Cod in Massachusetts, is returning to Hawaii a canoe, a pestle for pounding baked taro root, a grass skirt and a piece of tapa, the traditional unwoven cloth made from tree bark, which the indigenous peoples of

NB! · Moscow · Observations · Society

Or When Will Electric Scooters Be Banned in Moscow

Faith · Observations · Society · Rome

Leo XIV's encyclical on technological power, AI and transhumanism

Pope Leo XIV Issues His First Encyclical on Artificial Intelligence. Leo XIV invites the reader to choose: are people building the Tower of Babel, or restoring Jerusalem under Nehemiah? The main thing the Pope draws attention to in the encyclical is the passage of technological power from the public sector

Architecture · Observations · Heritage · Society · Paris

Exit of La Fourche Metro Station in Paris Restored to a Design Proposed by Local Residents

Look how beautifully the exit of La Fourche metro station has been restored in Paris! Officials very rarely, but still occasionally, manage to discharge their duties properly; in this case they needed the direct participation of the residents of the neighbourhood, who proposed precisely this design in place of the

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I Support the Idea

Map of Eurasia with the territory of the Roman Empire shaded red and that of the Mongol Empire shaded blue.

NB! · The East · Monarchies · Observations

The Mongol and Roman Empires on one map and the length of their existence

The Mongol Empire and the Roman Empire. The former collapsed overnight; the latter lasted from the end of the Second Punic War until 1453.

Architecture · Faith · Observations · Society · Paris

In the Marais, inside the church of Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux, vintage clothes are sold at weekends

In the Marais, inside the church of Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux, vintage clothes are sold at weekends. There are usually plenty of tourists here, eager to capture a thoroughly Parisian combination: Baroque-Classicist architecture and fashionable dress. This is a working church, which shares its premises with a second-

Coming Up · Faith · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris

I have been to the Georges de La Tour exhibition "Between Shadow and Light" at the Musée Jacquemart-André five times, and each time there was a queue at the door, but if I could get in once more, I would gladly go

I have been to the Georges de La Tour exhibition "Between Shadow and Light" at the Musée Jacquemart-André five times, and each time there was a queue at the door, but if I could get in once more, I would gladly go. So I am determined not

NB! · In the Press · Observations

My expertise has been officially attested 🥹 For the third year running, we are finding the leading lights of cultural production for the RBC Visionaries project

NB! · Moscow · Observations · Pop Culture

Incidentally, Madonna came rolling into Russia in 2006 all the same, protests notwithstanding

Archaeology · Observations · Science · Ethnography

Vessels 4,500 years old with traces of beer or grog found in northeastern Poland

Thirteen vessels 4,500 years old have been found in north-eastern Poland. Nine of them bear chemical traces of fermentation: lactic, acetic and levulinic acids, the by-products of yeasts and bacteria, and biomarkers of wheat and barley, fruit and resins. The researchers from the University of Warsaw call

A woman in a red sweater and glasses holds a painted wooden spoon beside a glass containing pelmeni in champagne.

NB! · Observations · Mores · Humour

Pelmeni in champagne and the notion of the mysterious Russian soul in the 21st century

The Mysterious Russian Soul: Twenty-First-Century Edition