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The name of the Italian opera singer of Russian origin Nadezhda Vasilyevna Bulycheva (1858-1921) is inscribed for ever in letters of gold in the history of the worldwide struggle to abolish slavery

On 10 August 1886 the Russian prima donna Nadine Bulycheva sang the part of the Ethiopian slave Aida in Giuseppe Verdi's opera of that name on the stage of the Rio de Janeiro theatre, before a packed house that included the Emperor of Brazil with his family, the

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Napoleon before the Throne of Charlemagne

Henri-Paul Motte, 1898. The throne of Charlemagne was set up in the 790s in the Palatine Chapel at Aachen. Until 1531 it served as the coronation throne of the King of the Romans and was used at thirty-one coronations. But Charlemagne was not crowned upon it; he merely

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Every Liturgy Is an Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hell

Saint Nikolai of Žiča (Velimirović) (1881-1956) A mighty truth: the grace and mystery of the Liturgy truly shake the gates of darkness.

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Valery Ivanovich Yurlov, a leading figure of Russian neo-avant-garde and non-objective painting, author of the "para-forms" method and of series exploring the relations of forms, their interaction and transformation

Valery Ivanovich Yurlov is a leading figure of Russian neo-avant-garde and non-objective painting, author of the "para-forms" method and of series in which he explores the relations of forms, their interaction and transformation. Valery Yurlov's works are held in the collections of

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Our House Is on Fire, and We Are Looking the Other Way

Jacques Chirac. In the photograph: Chirac in the 2000s and in 1968

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"Personally, I am against freedom; I am for the Holy Inquisition"

Salvador Dalí Context: Dalí made this remark after Franco, in 1975, had executed three members of the Anti-Fascist Patriotic Revolutionary Front and two members of the organisation Free Basque Country, all of them branded terrorists. Protests against the Spanish government broke out in many countries, and Spain's

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Michel Ney, Prince of the Moskva, Tries to Regain Napoleon's Favour

Marshal Ney, a brave man, a triumphant commander, a leading general and a favourite of France, was the very man who persuaded Bonaparte, his patron, to abdicate the throne, while he himself joined the military council of Louis XVIII. When Napoleon returned from the island of Elba, Ney promised Louis

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Do Not Wait for Catastrophe

Do not wait for catastrophe. It has already happened. Alexander Zinoviev (1922-2006)

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Salvador Dalí, aged 65, emerges from the underpass of the Bastille Métro station on the rue de Lyon with an anteater

Salvador Dalí, aged 65, emerges from the underpass of the Bastille Métro station on the rue de Lyon with an anteater. The anteater is not his: the animal was provided for the photo shoot by the Jardin des Plantes. Very well. But have you never wondered by what right, exactly?

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Queen Elizabeth II always had personal chauffeurs, but she adored driving herself, especially in a Range Rover, the British off-roader that became her signature car

Queen Elizabeth II always had personal chauffeurs, but she adored driving herself, especially in a Range Rover, the British off-roader that became her signature car. At the end of August one of her vehicles will go under the hammer at the Silverstone Festival auction: a 2006 model with 120,

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In his "Essays on Optimism", Academician Metchnikoff wrote that Europeans do not enjoy long lives, only long old age

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Coco Chanel on the Staircase of Her Atelier

Coco Chanel on the staircase of her atelier. Paris, 1961