NB! · Society · Paris · Humour

The Members of the Paris Council Await the Next Post About Anne Hidalgo in Parnassian Mockingbird

The members of the Paris Council await the next post about Anne Hidalgo in Parnassian Mockingbird. And so it goes every day, for a mere 4283 euros a month

Black-and-white photograph of an older woman in a dark hat and coat looking at a painting of a nude in a shop window, with the street reflected in the glass.

Society · Paris · Pop Culture · Humour

Robert Doisneau's 1948 photograph “Indignant Lady” at the Galerie Romi window in Paris

Elena Mizulina Has Entered the Internet. "Indignant Lady. Shop Window, Galerie Romi, Paris", 1948, by Robert Doisneau

Faith · Books · New York · Society

In 2019 the murder of Pope John Paul I was claimed by the American gangster Anthony "Pluto" Raimondi, a member of one of the five most powerful Mafia families of New York, who confessed to taking part in the crime in an autobiographical book…

According to Raimondi, the murder was arranged by Bishop Paul Marcinkus, president of the Vatican Bank from 1971 to 1989, who in 1973 was suspected of involvement in supplying the Vatican with counterfeit bonds worth almost 15 million dollars. The gangster writes that Pope John Paul I intended to expose

Moscow · Science · Society · Humour

Alexander Chubaryan, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Ramzan Kadyrov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; and Karen Shakhnazarov, Academician of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts

Alexander Chubaryan, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Ramzan Kadyrov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; and Karen Shakhnazarov, Academician of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts. A photograph from the Kremlin reception held in November 2019, on the day the Prize for the Strengthening of

In the Press · Faith · Society

Pope Francis expresses shame before the victims after the report

Pope Francis has learned the findings of the French report on child abuse in the Church, and has called it "a moment of shame" "Shame on me, shame on us, for the Church's far too long inability to place the victims at the centre of

Archive · Faith · Society

In France, a shocking report has been published following almost three years of work by the Commission on Child Abuse in the Catholic Church

The investigation included interviews with victims and witnesses, and the study of church, court, police and news archives going back to the 1950s. The French report states that around 330,000 children have been subjected to sexual abuse in one form or another over the past 70 years by some

NB! · Art · Cinema · Society

Initiatives worth noting: contemporary Russian artists have designed posters for the screenings of the Street Cinema Festival in their home towns

Initiatives worth noting: contemporary Russian artists have designed posters for the screenings of the Street Cinema Festival in their home towns. Among the authors are Anya Samoylova, Misha Goodwin, Vladimir Abikh, Mayana Nasybullova, Sasha Gordeyev, Maxim Trulov and Ksyusha Lastochka

Art · Cinema · Society

Evelyn Dunbar's 1943 painting “Harvest Season” and the Women's Land Army

Comrades at Work. A painting by the British artist Evelyn Dunbar, Harvest Time, 1943. The canvas documents the existence of a phenomenon known as the Women's Land Army, which first appeared in Great Britain during the First World War as a public organisation for assisting with agricultural labour.

NB! · Archive · The East · Society · Ethnography

Armenian Women Pose for a Keepsake Photograph with Their Weapons Before Setting Out for the War with the Ottomans

Armenian women pose for a keepsake photograph with their weapons before setting out for the war with the Ottomans. It is impossible to believe that this picture is 126 years old

NB! · Aristocracy · Archive · Monarchies · Society · Humour

A Letter from the Russian Nobility Assembly Expressing Its Displeasure at Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanov's Proclaiming Himself an Imperial Highness in the Invitation to His Own Wedding

Observations · Society · Nature · Ethnography

The killing of a white deer by Liverpool police and its symbolism in European culture

This morning in Liverpool, police killed a white stag that had the folly to run into the city. Yes, the animal might have been temporarily sedated and carried off elsewhere, but someone took the decision to deprive it of its life. In my view, this is a very bad omen

Archive · London · Society · People

Charlotte Despard, suffragist and anti-fascist, in Trafalgar Square in 1910 and 1933

The Anglo-Irish suffragist Charlotte Despard in Trafalgar Square in 1910 and in 1933. Across a gap of 23 years the woman lost none of her grip, her will to protest or her power to inspire a crowd. First she, a writer, pacifist, tax resister, philanthropist, socialist and vegetarian, stood