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The 1992 film “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” with Angela Lansbury and its 2022 remake

One of my favourite films with Angela Lansbury is the 1992 "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris", which also stars Omar Sharif as the old lady's influential friend and Diana Rigg as one of the directresses of the House of Dior. The plot is simple: the

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Gaslighting, the well-known term for a form of psychological abuse, takes its name from the play "Gas Light"

Gaslighting, the well-known term for a form of psychological abuse, takes its name from the play "Gas Light". Her role in the 1944 film adaptation brought Angela Lansbury her first fame and her first Oscar nomination. She played the maid Nancy, who helped Mr Gregory Anton drive

Black-and-white portrait of Jacques Brel in a jacket, chin resting on folded hands, gazing thoughtfully to the side.

People · Pop Culture · Humour

Portrait of Jacques Brel, French poet, singer-songwriter and actor

Humour Is the Healthiest Form of Mindfulness. The French poet, singer-songwriter and actor Jacques Brel

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Cruella de Swine

Metal cat armour with a scorpion-like tail and a red fabric cover with a serrated edge, displayed against a red background.

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Cat armour in the photo is the work of Canadian artist Jeff de Boer

The Canadian artist Jeff de Boer is best known for making stylised armour for cats and mice. The very pieces shown in the photographs. Though the images of the armour are often passed off as photographs of a genuine historical artefact rather than the work of a contemporary artist

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Wristbands for the farewell to Queen Elizabeth are sold on eBay from 200 pounds

Wristbands for bidding farewell to Queen Elizabeth go on sale at eBay for fabulous sums, from £200 to tens of thousands of pounds. The wristbands come in different colours, as they were issued on different days. The administration of the marketplace promised to remove all these listings, though it is

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Alla Pugacheva in an iceberg costume at the concert "I Have Come and I Say", 1984

Vintage two-tone green Panhard saloon parked by a stone wall next to an old petrol pump.

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Cars by the French company Panhard & Levassor and the evolution of design

The incredible machines of Panhard & Levassor, the French company and one of the pioneers of the motor industry. The development of automotive design is one of the most telling examples of the worldwide decline of taste.

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark's raincoat, made in 1995 by Jørgen Bender from a tablecloth

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in a raincoat she designed herself. It was sewn by her friend, the couturier Jørgen Bender, in 1995 from a tablecloth that Margrethe had bought at the Peter Jones department store in London and brought to the atelier, asking him to make a cheerful garment

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Watching "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power", I greatly regret that Terence Hanbury White's tetralogy "The Once and Future King" never won similar popularity

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The Tetramorph in the Song “Gorod zolotoy” and in Jacobello Alberegno’s Polyptych

"There a fire-maned lion shall meet you, and a blue ox, full of eyes; with them the golden eagle of the heavens, whose gaze is so bright, so unforgettable" The words of "The Golden City" ("Gorod zolotoy"), the song by Anri Volokhonsky performed

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Bubble Palace by Antti Lovag, built for Pierre Bernard, bought by Cardin in 1991

Pierre Cardin's House near Cannes. The Bubble Palace was built for the French industrialist and patron of the arts Pierre Bernard to the design of the architect Antti Lovag. But the couturier found this masterpiece a much better fit. Cardin bought the house, with a floor area of