Moscow · Museums · Heritage · People
How is the memory of Yury Nechayev-Maltsov preserved within the walls of the Pushkin Museum? The Egyptian Hall bears his name, and on the façade of the museum there is a memorial plaque with a bas-relief portrait of Yury Stepanovich. And rightly so: Yury Stepanovich Maltsov was, together
Cinema · People · Reportage
Michael Douglas, aged 80, on his departure from the profession, at a conference held as part of the 59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival
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London · Mores · People · Humour
The Cat That Took the Poet's Heart. One of the strangest stories of burial is attributed to the funeral of the English poet Thomas Hardy in 1928. Hardy lived to the age of 87. His body was cremated and the ashes interred in Poets' Corner in Westminster
Cinema · Books · Observations · People
Young Tolkien in the Costume of Hermes. And four hobbits in plain white togas beside him. It is interesting to look at Gandalf through the prism of the antique pantheon. In part he may be an embodiment of Hermes-Mercury. First, as a messenger of the gods; second, as a
Faith · People
Elder Nikolai Guryanov
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The Venice Festival was born under Mussolini's warm wing. Its founder, Giuseppe Volpi, a rather successful Italian politician, sat on the Grand Council of Fascism right up to 1943. True, when he spoke out against the alliance with Hitler, he was not merely driven out of every post
Art · People
Scorcelletti formed his style under the influence of the aesthetics of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Mario Giacomelli, and in the end his search for rigour and geometric perfection led him to a new photographic expression, free of templates and leaving room for poetry. Through light, shadow, nature and landscape he
Cinema · Education · People
Michèle Laroque, I think everyone will remember this actress: at 19 she was in a car crash, and, with multiple fractures, the girl, who had loved sport and dancing, found herself bedridden for a long time. She was able to walk again only after two years. At that time the
Paris · People · Pop Culture
Walt Disney in Paris on the Place de la Concorde in 1935 recalls the French origin of his surname, which was originally d'Isigny. The name derives from that of the town of Isigny in Normandy. Walt Disney's ancestors were Norman French who emigrated to England, and
Interviews · Paris · People · Humour
“My father and his friends found a way to express themselves through the press. The families of my classmates did not understand this: in their eyes, I was not fit company.” The French actress Michèle Bernier, daughter of Professor Choron, the founder of the magazines Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo,