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Pierre Richard, 87, remembers his friend Jean-Paul Belmondo, mourned across France
87-year-old Pierre Richard remembers his friend Jean-Paul Belmondo. He writes that all of France is in mourning. In fact, the whole world is in mourning
NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Society Pages · Humour
At the Premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov's "Decameron", the Most Gorgeous Lolita Milyavskaya, Chulpan Khamatova, Yana Valensia, Maria Revyakina and Even Alexander Filippenko Were Spotted
At the premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov's "Decameron", the most gorgeous Lolita Milyavskaya, Chulpan Khamatova, Yana Valensia, Maria Revyakina and even Alexander Filippenko were spotted. And this before I had managed to give my spectacles a proper wipe
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The Funerary Urn of Yegor Krid?
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Leave the Pain to the Plebs
Bulky Biceps: that's more our style
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The Piano on Which All the Hits of the Russian Pop Stage Are Written
Monarchies · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
Augustus, Caracalla, Hadrian and other Roman emperors depicted as cartoon characters
One can always do something more productive, but then we should never have learnt which of the Roman emperors makes the most charming cartoon character: Augustus, Caracalla, Hadrian, Vespasian, Otho, Nero or Galba? Alas, the outcome resembles a sitting of the Federation Council, and one can look with any warmth
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A Very Peculiar Choice of Photograph for the Cover of the Daily News Announcing the Death of Marilyn Monroe
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An advert has popped up on Instagram for a maker of costume jewellery who has produced a replica of the crown of the British Empire
An advert has popped up on Instagram for a maker of costume jewellery who has produced a replica of the crown of the British Empire. A highly questionable bit of handiwork, though it would be most interesting to see the customer (actually, no). I shall not give a link to
London · Mores · Pop Culture · Humour
Velvet cap with 88 teeth as the sign of a dentist's profession
Barely 150 years ago, a man in a hat like this could be met on the streets of London, a hat that evidently set Philipp Plein upon the road along which he now speeds without turning aside. But the decoration of this headgear, unlike the designer flourishes of our own
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Claude Debussy asleep in an old photograph for his birthday
Claude Debussy is still asleep: he has second period today. It is his birthday, after all
NB! · Coming Up · Moscow · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
An Unexpected Greeting from the "Field of Miracles" Museum: Leonid Yakubovich Advertises the Premiere of Lavr at the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre
An unexpected greeting from the "Field of Miracles" Museum: Leonid Yakubovich advertises the premiere of Lavr at the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre. Such a touching merger of two forgotten universes that I quite wanted to reread Doronina's letter to Putin.