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Arthur Rimbaud in his bed after Paul Verlaine shot him with a revolver

Arthur Rimbaud in his bed after Paul Verlaine shot him with a revolver. A painting by Jef Rosman. And the very revolver with which Verlaine tried to shoot his lover was sold in 2016 for €430,000.

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Kirill Serebrennikov, congratulating the magnificent Alla by video link, has just put it very precisely: "Alla Sergeyevna has kept her back straight all her life

Kirill Serebrennikov, congratulating the magnificent Alla by video link, has just put it very precisely: "Alla Sergeyevna has kept her back straight all her life. She has never bowed down to anyone, never bent the knee."

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The Shostakovich Saint Petersburg State Academic Philharmonic celebrates its centenary and, to mark the opening of the new season, which coincides with Dmitri Shostakovich's birthday, will broadcast a grand concert live

The Shostakovich Saint Petersburg State Academic Philharmonic celebrates its centenary and, to mark the opening of the new season, which coincides with Dmitri Shostakovich's birthday, will broadcast a grand concert live. The programme includes Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1.

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Doesn't it seem to you that the great Bourvil, the outstanding comic actor and celebrated variety singer who died 50 years ago, bears a striking resemblance to Joseph Brodsky?

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TikTok launches a series of virtual tours of Russian museums together with the Kultura.RF project

TikTok has launched a series of virtual tours of Russian museums together with the Kultura.RF project. On Wednesdays and Saturdays one can join a virtual tour in the portal's official account, culturno, of the permanent displays and exhibitions of the country's leading museums. For now,

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Hugh Grant turned 60 today, and, incidentally, he went into acting after a failed attempt to obtain a doctorate in the history of art

Hugh Grant turned 60 today, and, incidentally, he went into acting after a failed attempt to obtain a doctorate in the history of art. It must be admitted that humanity has lost a very handsome scholar

Black-and-white photo of two people seated on a wooden staircase, one wearing leather shoes strapped onto thick wooden platforms.

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Humphrey Bogart wore platform shoes on the set of “Casablanca” to match Ingrid Bergman’s height

Humphrey Bogart wore platforms like these on the set of "Casablanca" to match Ingrid Bergman, who was 3 cm taller than he was. I think Prada creepers would have suited him too

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The new screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile" premieres on 23 October 2020

The new screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile" premieres on 23 October 2020. We are promised a stunning reunion of the cult British comedy duo of the 1980s and 1990s, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Not, of course, so epic a pairing as

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The author asks readers which topics and hosts Russian-language podcasts still lack

We have spoken a great deal about podcasts on Yandex.Music in recent posts, and I hope you have already listened to something from what I recommended. Or perhaps you were listening to them long before. So today I have a question for those in the know. It seems that

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Accountant Matteus Schwarz describes four decades of his clothes in Klaidungsbüchlin

The German accountant Matthäus Schwarz decided to gather in a single book every outfit he had ever worn, annotate them at length and explain the circumstances that had prompted him to choose those very costumes. The fascinating life of a humble bookkeeper, from his childhood, when at the age of

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It occurs to me that Marge Simpson's maiden name is Bouvier

Four gilded statuettes of seated figures in long robes stand in a row on square bases against a dark background.

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Four elements as seated figures, northern France, around 1180

The four elements: water, fire, earth, air. Northern France, around 1180. Not quite as they are shown in Avatar: The Last Airbender, but still