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Pope Francis calls for universal prayer for peace in Ukraine
Pope Francis has called on everyone to pray for peace in Ukraine. Unexpectedly.
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Virginia Woolf, the British writer, was born 140 years ago
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Prince Nikolai of Denmark on the cover of the February–March issue of Vogue Scandinavia
Prince Nikolai of Denmark on the cover of the February–March issue of Vogue Scandinavia. The issue is devoted to the experience of growing up in monarchical regions
Monarchies · People
Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House in 1901 after a 63-year reign
SHE PASSED AWAY IN PEACE. On 22 January 1901, at the age of 81, Queen Victoria died. It happened at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Until 2015, Victoria's 63-year reign was the longest in British history; now the record belongs to Elizabeth II, who this
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Prince Andrew of Greece after his exile and his son Philip's attitude towards him
Fathers come in all sorts. One of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark's relatives described him as a "deeply unhappy man". Andreas parted from his wife soon after his expulsion from Greece and spent the rest of his life with his mistress in Monte Carlo, where
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Execution of Louis XVI by guillotine on 21 January 1793 and the question of his guilt
On 21 January 1793 the 38-year-old citizen Louis Capet, formerly known as King Louis XVI, was executed by guillotine. To the very end he insisted on his innocence. Yet by almost any reasonable standard he was, in all likelihood, guilty of treason after all, though he did not
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In 2018 the Franco-Belgian historical film "One King, One France" was released, in which Gaspard Ulliel (1984-2022) played one of his last roles: Basile, a lowborn fighter for liberties who builds his love and his life in…
Cinema · Books · Paris · People
Molière is credited with the remark that one day people would speak of the French language not as the language of the French, but as the language of Molière
Molière is credited with the remark that one day people would speak of the French language not as the language of the French, but as the language of Molière. However presumptuous these words may have seemed to his contemporaries, the audacity proved prophetic. One of the greatest dramatists in history
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Painter Deineka portrays himself at the age of 49
Deineka's self-portrait. The artist is 49 here
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A joke about Kerensky in 1917 and a white cat blending into its rug
1917. Kerensky in a ladies' dress shop
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