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English farmers block Westminster with their tractors
Tractors have blockaded Westminster. English farmers: complete understanding and respect
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A winter trip to Boldino and the reconstruction of the Pushkin museum-reserve
Having travelled across almost the whole of Russia in recent years, I set foot on the soil of Boldino, to my own surprise, only this winter. And if we pass over a lengthy description of the protected places of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, where the silence laughs handsomely at the
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In my view, Nokias were the greatest telephones of their era, to which we largely owe the shape of modern telecommunications, so I cannot but rejoice that from 15 January 2025 Finland's Aalto University will be showing a design archive…
The archive will include sketches, presentations, advertising materials and interviews with designers. It offers a view of Nokia's projects that were ahead of their time: early social networks, QR codes, VR and other technologies that have since become commonplace. One will also be able to study the design
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New banknote series by federal district drops images of religious objects
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Sergei Belov has told Izvestia in an interview that the Bank has decided to abandon religious buildings altogether as images on banknotes:. "...when we changed the concept of banknote design and moved from the city series to the regional one (each banknote is
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A classic is what never goes out of date
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What Kind of Owl Are You Today?
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Can this tradition of decoration be revived?
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Paris Restores Its Reputation After the Olympics
Thank Heavens It Isn't a Rainbow! Paris rehabilitates itself after the Olympics
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Ancient Swedes in the high-budget series “The History of Sweden” by SverigesTelevision AB
The ancient Swedes according to the lavish series "Sweden's History", produced by SverigesTelevision AB. Charming
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In my view, the most beautiful stand at the contemporary art fair |catalog| is that of the Deep list gallery
In my view, the most beautiful stand at the contemporary art fair |catalog| is that of the Deep list gallery. The girls do something special every time, and this time they have managed to create a quite distinctive mood, one that echoes the art on show and frames it with
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Notre-Dame de Paris keeps the Crown of Thorns, a sacred relic believed to be the very crown placed on the head of Jesus Christ by Roman soldiers during his mocking
Fortunately, the relic was saved during the fire, and after the restoration the crown was placed in a new reliquary. Here is the reliquary of one of the greatest holy objects of mankind, made in our own day by Sylvain Dubuisson; compare it simply with the reliquary created in the