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The pink dress in Marina Tsvetaeva's 1919 poem and her wish to be loved
In 1919 Marina Tsvetaeva wrote the poem "To You, in a Hundred Years", addressed to an admirer from the distant future. Piercing yet lyrical, sad yet spirited. "Friend! Do not seek me! Fashions are other now. Not even the old folk remember me." In this unusual
Aristocracy · Cinema · Monarchies · Observations
I do not know why the film about Queen Victoria reports patently false information, but
in 1847 Queen Victoria conferred the hereditary title of baronet on a representative of the British branch of the Rothschild family, Anthony Nathan de Rothschild. After the death of the childless Sir Anthony the title passed to his nephew, Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild, on whom in 1885 Queen Victoria bestowed the
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In this photograph with Sartre, de Beauvoir does not look like herself
Observations · Society
In Britain, it was proposed to remove Lev Yashin's name from the season's best goalkeeper award
What madness! British zealots have proposed removing the name of the greatest goalkeeper, Lev Yashin, from the award named after him and given to the season's best goalkeeper
Art · Observations · New York · Pop Culture · Humour
Christie’s closes its digital art and NFT department amid declining interest
Christie's is closing its digital art and NFT department. One rather suspects they were the only ones left who remembered what it was. The decision, well, who would have thought? is connected both with the global slump in interest in NFTs and with broader shifts in the art
Art · Observations · Humour
Work by American artist Norwood MacGilvary showing figures among the stars
The Birth of an Idea, 1920. The American artist Norwood MacGilvary. Could not put it better.
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Do you know who this monkey is?
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When you have walked past every stand at Cosmoscow and are ready to discuss what you saw
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The Furby of the 2000s and Labubu as demonic dolls of different generations
Everyone who witnessed the great Furby craze knows they were demonic, even those who do not ordinarily believe in demons. It would seem that every generation is palmed off with its own demonic doll. True, the standard Furby of the 2000s was half the size, and it was supposed that
Faith · Observations · Society
A call for Europe to wake up and a man with a flag on a lion sculpture
Millions of Christians took to the streets of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, London… Europe, wake up, it is high time!
Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Society
On Moscow Day, the author urges residents to protect the city's character and history
Some Time Alone with a Beloved City. On this day, Moscow Day, we must remember as never before that it lies in our power alone to preserve Moscow from vulgarity and the spirit of the age, from being grabbed by the greasy hands of capitalists, from ignorant petty officials, from