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Remember him?
Remember him? I count the 1990s as the golden years of Russian television. Nowadays it is all straw.
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Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
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I Looked at Dolly Parton's Wedding Photo and Realised That Our Dolly Is Nadezhda Kadysheva
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It turns out that Sir Christopher Lee, the actor who brought Saruman to life in Peter Jackson's film trilogy, was descended on his mother's side from the noble Italian house of Carandini
It turns out that Sir Christopher Lee, the actor who brought Saruman to life in Peter Jackson's film trilogy, was descended on his mother's side from the noble Italian house of Carandini. This allowed Christopher Lee to trace his lineage directly back to Charlemagne, Emperor of
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In 2007 Helen Mirren, born Elena Lydia Vasilyevna Mironova, visited Russia and found her cousins and other relatives
Her grandmother was Countess Lydia Andreyevna Kamenskaya, her grandfather Colonel Pyotr Vasilyevich Mironov. Helen's father arrived in Great Britain at the age of two. In Russia her grandfather had left behind six sisters and other kin. When Mirren visited Russia, she managed to track down relatives, to see
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For Ethical and Moral Reasons, the Archdiocese of Liverpool Will No Longer Post on Twitter
TikTok, however, will do nicely. I would not say that the spiritual life of the people of Liverpool is any concern of mine, and the point is not the abstract ethical and moral grounds, or the assumptions as to why these do not apply to other platforms, no less vile.
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And what if Ebenezer Scrooge were put through our weather?
The old skinflint is played this time by Johnny Depp. The film is due out in autumn 2026
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A new culture of refunds is taking shape in Russia: for shoddy goods and services, including events and concerts, Russians increasingly claim their money back through the bank rather than the aggregator
A new culture of refunds is taking shape in Russia: for shoddy goods and services, including events and concerts, Russians increasingly claim their money back through the bank rather than the aggregator. In December 2025 and January 2026, T-Bank registered twice as many ticket refund requests as a year
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When you are a humble owner of a transnational corporation and have been invited round for pizza
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In the Twenty-First Century, Helen of Troy Is Barely Recognisable!
In the twenty-first century, Helen of Troy is barely recognisable! In Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, the most beautiful woman in the world is played by the Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o
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Joan Crawford on her way to the launch of her book in Boston, November 1971
I am the sum of everything that has ever happened to me, every mistake I have made and every tear I have shed, though I have tried to keep them few, and I have never repeated a mistake. After a catastrophe I take a deep breath, put on a smile
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