A dark-haired bare-chested man underwater looks upward, resting his hands on pool steps, in a photograph with blue tones.

Archive · Cinema · People · Pop Culture

Underwater photograph by Bob Frame for Premier Magazine, 1998

Why didn't Brendan Fraser play the Amphibian Man? Photo for Premier Magazine, 1998, Bob Frame

NB! · Faith · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

American Curial Cardinal Raymond Burke Has Definitely Won the Battle of Images with Rihanna

NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

Might one ask Coca-Cola to bring back the 1899 bottle?

NB! · Monarchies · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

If Anyone Has Forgotten What Camilla, England's Queen Consort, Looks Like

If anyone has forgotten what Camilla, England's Queen Consort, looks like. Incidentally, she is almost a contemporary of Alla Pugacheva: there are just 2 years between them.

A smiling man in a cap and sunglasses embraces a smiling woman in a floral dress against a green park.

Observations · Mores · Pop Culture

The author with Olya in an old city garden in Tver in summer

Many happy returns to my most stylish dear friend Olya Karput, who is not only one of the most agreeable and unquestionably beautiful women in the world of Russian fashion, but also, without a doubt, the finest partner for a ball! 💙💎. How sentimental I have become 🥹 In the photograph, Olya

Monarchies · Mores · People · Pop Culture

The Poltimore Tiara, bought by Princess Margaret in 1959 and later sold at Christie's

The Poltimore Tiara was bought by Queen Elizabeth II's younger sister Princess Margaret in 1959 for £5,500, which in today's money is almost 130,000. Margaret wore this tiara at her wedding to Antony Armstrong-Jones, incidentally the author of her legendary photo session. After