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In the new "Buratino", Nemolyaeva plays Tortilla. And while there are questions to be put to the film itself, Nemolyaeva's performance gives us a wise tortoise from some statistical bureau, with whom one longs to take tea with raspberry jam on a saucer. I am glad
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Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims / Fruits of Solitude. William Penn, 1693
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Hurrah! Speaking the truth about Lenin, hangman of the Russian people, and his gang of bloodthirsty murderers is now permitted! Anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda have been recognised as acts that present no public danger, and those convicted of them are subject to rehabilitation regardless of the factual soundness of
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They write that French farmers have dumped heaps of rubbish, muck and tyres in front of Macron's house in Le Touquet, in a resort area in the north of France, not far from the Pas-de-Calais. I decided to have a look at what sort of house
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A letter from Yevgeny Yevtushenko to the writer Vladimir Sokolov:. “...I am sending you my old friend Shalva Amisulashvili, a fervent admirer of yours. His book is already quite ready; Mezhirov, Lukonin, Maksimov and Vinokurov have translated it. The book will come out in a month. The “Gomecari Pictures” must
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Yes, Donald Trump has added his own name to that of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. And, what is more, he has appended it at the front. The centre's board of trustees, of which Trump is chairman, has voted to rename
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This year has about this much left. We shan't be rewinding
Art · London · Observations · Society
Remember how everyone was recently discussing the sale at Christie's of an imperial Fabergé egg for £22 million? It has emerged that the "Imperial Winter Egg" is a fake. Moreover, the maker himself has confirmed that he produced two such eggs on a private commission in
Faith · Observations · Society
If God Exists, He Does Not Know That People on Earth Have Split into Various Churches. This very strange, even paradoxical, statement was heard during a live Q&A. The Christian Church was founded neither by the apostles, nor by communities of believers, nor by historical circumstance, but by
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Nothing speaks of confidence in one's own legacy quite like a string of insults immortalised on a memorial plaque beneath a predecessor's name. American political culture never ceases to astonish, and the Trump years have brought a great deal that is new. Take, for instance, those
Art · Observations · New York
Good Lord, how tired one is of Rothko and Klimt. The auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s have tallied up the year. Christie’s projected sales came to $6.2 billion, almost 7% more than last year. After a quiet first half, sales picked up considerably in the autumn.
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