NB! · Cinema · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

Marlon Brando as Napoleon is, on the whole, better than Napoleon as Napoleon

NB! · Observations · Humour

Can Anyone Explain How Joan of Arc Ended Up in This Company?

Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage

Project for the repair and restoration of the Mosselprom House in Kalashny Lane, a monument of Constructivism and one of the architectural symbols of the capital, has been approved

The restoration project includes the recovery of the graphic design of the façades, executed by Rodchenko and Stepanova. The wooden windows and doors will be restored, as will the Metlakh tile flooring in the entrance hall. On the staircase, the metal railings with their wrought and cast decorative details will

Interviews · Cinema · Observations · Paris

Not very well known, but still the winner of several film awards as director, actress and screenwriter, Zabou Breitman is the daughter of the fairly recognisable, if second-rank, actor, director and screenwriter Jean-Claude Deret…

Not very well known, but still the winner of several film awards as director, actress and screenwriter, Zabou Breitman is the daughter of the fairly recognisable, if second-rank, actor, director and screenwriter Jean-Claude Deret, a descendant of baptised Jews from Russia. Zabou's mother is the actress

Observations · Mores · Paris · People

I read about Françoise Dumas, an 85-year-old Parisian society organiser and legend of the dinner party, who for the last 50 years has been engaged in the country's most important gala dinners, balls and other such rendezvous…

I read about Françoise Dumas, an 85-year-old Parisian society organiser and legend of the dinner party, who for the last 50 years has been engaged in the country's most important gala dinners, balls and other such rendezvous, is acquainted with royal and presidential families, and continues

NB! · London · Monarchies · Observations

I did not know that since 2022 Kate Middleton has held the honorary ceremonial post of Colonel of the Irish Guards, one of the elite regiments of the British Army

Architecture · Faith · Observations

Sagrada Família in Barcelona to be completed in 2026 after 144 years of construction

Incidentally, Gaudí's legendary creation, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, will be completed in just a few months. The longest architectural project in the world has now been under construction for 144 years, and according to the calculations of the foundation managing the works, the building will definitely be

Architecture · Observations · Society · Paris

I remember the summer of 2021, when it was being said that the construction of the Triangle Tower in Paris might rest on unlawful bureaucratic foundations, bound up with corruption and pressure on officials; the prosecutor's office then opened a prelimina

I remember the summer of 2021, when it was being said that the construction of the Triangle Tower in Paris might rest on unlawful bureaucratic foundations, bound up with corruption and pressure on officials; the prosecutor's office then opened a preliminary inquiry into suspected "favouritism" and

NB! · Architecture · Art · Observations

Those eyes opposite, or rather the metal dots where the eyes should be, on the saint's bas-relief in Modena Cathedral

Cinema · Observations · Humour

David Fincher in 1992 and Rex Whistler in 1934

To be perfectly honest, one always felt sorry for the poor Alien, especially in the instalment where he took Ellen Ripley for his mother, and she flew off without him in a spaceship

NB! · Architecture · Faith · Observations · Heritage

Respect for cultural heritage and the Christian Church in France, in two photographs: open-air urinals before the façade of the Basilica of Saint-Sauveur in the very heart of the historic city of Rennes in Brittany

Architecture · Faith · Observations · Society

State Duma passes in first reading a bill banning images of places of worship and religious objects stripped of their religious symbols

The State Duma has passed in first reading a bill banning the use of images of places of worship and religious objects without their religious symbols. The ban is to apply to the media, the internet, advertising, goods, signage, and state and municipal emblems. Thank God, and about time! But