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Remember how Liza Yankovskaya raised the topic of nepo babies a whole year ago?
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Marlene Hadley, who took the name Ngozi Fulani, and the debate over Black African identity
First, skin colour is sometimes the only thing that unites black people born in different countries. A black man from the Bronx has far more in common with a white man from the Bronx than with a black man from London, and still more so than with a black man
In the Press · London · Monarchies · Observations · Society
A Times columnist has criticised the ever-whining Meghan Markle, forever bemoaning persecution over the colour of her skin, and the black activist who caused the royal family to dismiss an 83-year-old maid of honour and made her repent before the whole wo
A Times columnist has criticised the ever-whining Meghan Markle, forever bemoaning persecution over the colour of her skin, and the black activist who caused the royal family to dismiss an 83-year-old maid of honour and made her repent before the whole world of a transgression she never
NB! · Faith · Observations · Ethnography
A child before a hanukkiah made of oranges, with Hanukkah greetings
A child and a hanukkiah made of oranges. Happy Hanukkah 🌸🌹💐🌺🌷🌼🌻
Architecture · Observations · Nature · Humour
In Salisbury a youth organisation built an insect house shaped like the cathedral
Salisbury has another outstanding sight besides its spire: an insect house in the shape of Salisbury Cathedral. The beetle hotel is a very important ecological initiative by a local youth organisation. Thanks to such structures, thousands of insects gain a safe place where they can lay their eggs and pass
Books · Observations · Society Pages · Humour
Lisbon body scrub and Remarque’s novel “The Night in Lisbon”
At a cosmetics presentation, the brand's founder talks about body scrubs (those abrasive powders rubbed into the skin to remove dead layers), named after various cities: Istanbul, Tokyo, Lisbon. The business lady says that her body-care line Lisbon was inspired by her beloved Remarque and his novel
NB! · Architecture · Observations
The Italian Fortress of Rocca di Soncino, 12th to 17th Centuries, Waves Its Swallowtail at the Moscow Kremlin
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And Yoga Is Harder Than It Looks
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mood for this winter
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Soldier faints at a parade attended by Elizabeth II in a 1970 photograph
A soldier faints during a parade attended by Elizabeth II. This famous shot of 1970 could, in principle, quite easily have served as the cover of a British punk rock band's record
NB! · Art · Cinema · Observations · Humour
Many years have passed, yet I still cannot fathom how it came about that in François Boucher's painting two people emerged from the sea on the back of a single fellow, while on James Cameron's enormous wooden door there was no room for two?
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