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Incidentally, Princess Romanova's tiara is by the house of Chaumet and is called Lacy
Incidentally, Princess Romanova's tiara is by the house of Chaumet and is called Lacy. Before Victoria Romanovna it had belonged to no one. 438 diamonds were used in making the tiara, including stones of five and two carats. Before Bettarini, a Chaumet tiara had been worn by, for
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The Duchess of Cambridge, but judging by the outfit and the neck, the Duchess of Cornwall
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The morning after the fire at Madame Tussaud's in London in 1925 looks much like the morning after a rave in 2021
Education · People · Pop Culture
Shostakovich's First Symphony, a graduation work that brought the 19-year-old composer fame
Dmitri Shostakovich's First Symphony. It was first performed in May 1926, having been written as his graduation project. Its first performance was a sensation, and soon it was being played all over the country and abroad, in Berlin, Philadelphia and New York. Thus the 19-year-old composer
Cinema · Society · Paris · People · Pop Culture
Brigitte Bardot doubts the national honours for Belmondo and Josephine Baker
Brigitte Bardot Criticises the Memorial Policy of Macron, Whom She Detests. The actress looks sceptically on the funeral of her friend Belmondo: “Jean-Paul Belmondo would not have liked his funeral at Les Invalides.” He was “a charming man”, but “I do not understand the origins of the national reverence
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The song “Paromshchik” to Zinoviev’s poem and Patinir’s “Crossing the Styx”
An early star has fallen, there is coolness in the fields, A ferry glides, the water sings of something close by. And where the river gleams by a quiet grove, A grey-haired ferryman joins the banks together. There are so many partings on earth, and so many different fates,
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In Agatha Christie's story "Harlequin's Lane" from the collection "The Mysterious Mr Quin", devoted entirely to one of the author's own favourite characters, Mr Harley Quin, there appears a cameo by the Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina…
While visiting the married couple the Denmans, the conversation turns to Russia. The wife, Anna, is a Russian émigrée who was rescued from the storm of revolution when still very young. Speaking of ballet, she says that she knows everything about it, since she herself once danced. In the denouement
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Gorod Ustinov microterritory presents TEKTO installation with collections from Apatity
Andrey Malakhov is the first to see the new project of the micro-territory "City of Ustinov". This year the residents of the micro-territory are presenting a platform for cultural exchange, "Museum with Delivery". The museum can be seen at the stand of the Siyanie
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Layering has long been out of fashion, MA
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At a meeting with the Hungarian clergy, Pope Francis recalled Rubik's Cube and said it was a good game but not a model for life
At a meeting with the Hungarian clergy, Pope Francis recalled Rubik's Cube and said it was a good game but not a model for life. As ever, I agree with His Holiness, for everyone knows perfectly well that the finest model for life is Cindy Crawford
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Jacqueline Bisset: 77 today, a beauty she was and a beauty she remains
Jacqueline Bisset is 77 today, a beauty she was and a beauty she remains. Without fillers of any kind, or other such poultices.