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The Olympic medals of the 2024 Paris Games will be inlaid with hexagonal plates of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower, a direct nod to the chief symbol of France
London · Pop Culture
Listening to the Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev, 2008
Let me remind you that Valery Gergiev was Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2015, after which he took charge of the Munich orchestra. This recording was named Disc of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2011.
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Mary Katrantzou presents her Autumn-Winter 2011 collection with a porcelain-style corset
This really is cool. Mary Katrantzou, Autumn-Winter 2011 collection
Books · New York · Pop Culture
The Baltimore Ravens take their name from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven”
The Baltimore Ravens are the only professional sports club named after a work of classic literature. The Ravens take their name from the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, who lived in Baltimore. The mystical, enigmatic plot of "The Raven" tells of a bird that
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The French Olympic Team at the Opening of the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976 and the Beauxbatons Academy Delegation at the Goblet of Fire Games at Hogwarts
Mores · Pop Culture
Russian folk tunes in Rossini’s opera “The Barber of Seville” of 1816
Ah, why was it needful to fence a kitchen garden? Ah, why was it needful to plant cabbages? With the words of this folk song, Russian troops stormed the suburb of Warsaw in 1794 under Suvorov's command. It is also said that the Russians sang it as they
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Gandalf, after promising to return with the first light of the sun on the fifth day
NB! · Monarchies · Pop Culture
Three Last Reigning European Queens: Margrethe II of Denmark, Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Beatrix of the Netherlands
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A very beautiful tiara with a star from Ulyana Sergeyenko's new demi-couture collection ❤️
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A 23-year-old Drew Barrymore in a Dior gown from John Galliano's collection at the premiere party for the 1998 costume romance "Ever After: A Cinderella Story"
NB! · Cinema · Pop Culture