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Paris ❤️ Photographs by Alain Cornu
NB! · Geography · Moscow · Observations
They say Moscow is a big village, but I do not much care for the phrase, and it is not true at all
They say Moscow is a big village, but I do not much care for the phrase, and it is not true at all. The French rock musician Jacques Dutronc has a more accurate one: Corsica is a small continent, Europe is a large island. You can continue the analogy yourselves
Books · Moscow · Observations
I see a great deal about "The Master and Margarita" these days; I once wrote a note on the subject:
On the whole, "The Master and Margarita" is less about mysticism than about people who have got stuck in some other time. Or perhaps it is the novel itself that has got stuck in the wrong time? In the Silver Age, for instance. Otherwise it would be hard
Architecture · Geography · Observations · Humour
Baldwin Street in Dunedin, the world's steepest street, rises almost 50 metres
Greetings to all those who said geometry would never be of any use to them in their lives. Houses on the steepest street in the world, Baldwin Street in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. Over a length of 130 metres, the street climbs almost 50 metres
NB! · Archive · Faith · Books · Observations
In a book of 1765 I came across an interesting supposition about the stature of Our Saviour Jesus Christ: three cubits, that is, about 183 cm
Books · Observations · Science · Mores · Humour
Character traits by hair type according to a book of 1765
Reading a person's character from the look of the hair, after a book of 1765. To my mind, it all holds together, and the science is the more exact for being ancient White hair shows a cold nature. If the hair goes grey before its time, it signifies
Cinema · Books · Moscow · Observations
Vladimir Mirzoev on the new screen adaptation of Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”
It is no accident that Dostoevsky tops the IMDb ranking of the "100 Greatest Authors of All Time": he remains not merely one of the most published and most read writers, but also the most adapted for the screen. But why does it matter to go on adapting
NB! · Cinema · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
The makers of The Crown have, of course, flattered Charles rather a lot
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Judging by this fish-tailed monk from a thirteenth-century bestiary, the Little Mermaid did have somewhere to turn besides dry land and the sea witch
Faith · Observations · Education
The Lord's Prayer read in English in Orthodox churches in Australia
The Cathedral of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in Melbourne, Australia. It turns out that in Orthodox churches in Australia the "Our Father" is also recited in English. It sounds very unfamiliar. The text, as I understand it, is taken from Protestant translations. I consider it
Faith · Art · Museums · Observations · Saint Petersburg
Icon “The Baptism” from a Festal Tier, Second Half of the 17th Century, in the Russian Museum
Happy Epiphany! Second half of the 17th century, icon “The Baptism of Christ” from the festal tier, Russian Museum collection