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Queen Victoria and her Pomeranian Turi, whom she asked to keep beside her on her deathbed
Queen Victoria with her beloved Pomeranian Spitz, Turi. The Queen asked that Turi be at her side on her deathbed
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“Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters”
“Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters,” said Georgia O'Keeffe. Self-assurance was never something the old girl (1887-1986) was short of.
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Sister André of Toulon, the oldest resident of Europe, has turned 118
Sister André, a Catholic nun and the oldest resident of Europe, has turned 118. Born Lucile Randon, she came into the world on 11 February 1904. In 1944 she became a nun of the congregation of the Daughters of Charity. Sister André now lives in Toulon, in France. Last year
Books · People · Humour
Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter
I don't mind people looking at their watches while I lecture, but I can't bear it when they hold them to their ears to check that they haven't stopped. The French playwright and screenwriter Marcel Achard
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · People
Works by Kyiv artist Nelli Isupova at the Rituals exhibition in Moscow
Several years ago Vogue Ukraine ran a piece on the celebrated Kyiv artist Nelli Isupova. The vivid, instantly recognisable works of this woman, who became one of the centres of cultural life in the Ukrainian capital and stood at the origins of the artistic destiny of Andriivsky Descent, can at
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Princess Margaret, aged 27, the Queen's younger sister, on the cover of Tatler
Faith · People · Rome
Benedict XVI on facing the judge of his life and the grace of being a Christian
In his penitential letter addressed to the faithful, Benedict XVI shares his reflections on death:. "Soon I shall find myself before the final judge of my life. Even if, looking back on my long life, I may have many fears, I nonetheless await it with a glad heart, because
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Benedict XVI, 94, Answers for Failures to Punish Priests Guilty of Abusing Children during His Years as Archbishop in the Bavarian Diocese
The recent accusations against the Pope Emeritus concerned his connivance in, and mishandling of, four cases of abuse of minors between 1977 and 1982 in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The Pope answered these accusations in a letter: "…and before the victims whom I met during my pontificate,
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Maggie Smith with her son Toby Stephens
Maggie Smith with her son Toby Stephens. What? Yes! Incidentally, Maggie's elder son Chris Larkin is also an actor. When Toby was studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, a rumour went round that one of the students was Maggie Smith's child. Everyone
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On this day ten years ago, at only 58, the beauty Maria Schneider died, famed for her roles in "Last Tango in Paris" with Marlon Brando and "The Passenger" with Jack Nicholson
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Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, aged 94, remains the longest-lived pope in history
Do you recognise this elderly man with the meek gaze? The chief clue is the white robe. His Holiness Benedict XVI, now 94, may be Pope Emeritus, but he still always wears white, for he remains the Pope. At present Benedict is the longest-lived Pope in history. When he
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René Block, an 80-year-old German gallerist and collector, appointed curator of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2022
René Block, an 80-year-old German gallerist and collector, has been appointed curator of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2022. Block opened his first exhibition 58 years ago and was in his day the youngest gallerist in Germany, and it is particularly gratifying that even now