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Everywhere art criticism is in decline, intellectually corrupted, mired in meaningless jargon, distorted by political correctness and, alarmingly, addressed only to other critics and their like
The English art critic Brian Sewell
Archive · Education · Society · Saint Petersburg · Humour
Latin in Soviet schools from 1948 as recalled by the historian Mark Botvinnik
Homo homini amicus, collega et frater est: Man Is to Man a Friend, Comrade and Brother. The historian of antiquity Mark Naumovich Botvinnik (1917-1994) recalls Stalin's post-war reforms as an attempt by an ageing leader to bring back the feeling of youth. Old people begin to
Archive · Moscow · Society · Nature
Moscow flood in which the water rose to 9 metres and inundated Zamoskvorechye
On 11 April 1908, Good Friday, the most famous Moscow flood began, inundating a quarter of the city, an area of 16 square kilometres. A sharp thaw after the snowiest winter in 18 years filled the Moskva River and its tributaries, and in just twenty-four hours the water level
Books · Museums · Heritage · Society · Paris
Every Month Brings New Alarming Incidents at the Louvre
At the end of November, a serious accident occurred in the library of the Louvre's Department of Egyptian Antiquities: at about 21:00 on 27 November, old pipes in the suspended ceiling burst. Dirty water flooded the rooms, damaging some 400 rare books, including their antique bindings. The
Faith · Observations · Education · Society
Irish teacher Enoch Burke goes to prison for being a practising Christian and refusing to use the preferred pronouns and new name of a transgender pupil
Irish teacher Enoch Burke goes to prison for being a practising Christian and refusing to use the preferred pronouns and new name of a transgender pupil. He has been sentenced, for refusing to renounce his faith, his common sense and his clear conscience, to indefinite confinement until he complies with
Archive · Monarchies · Observations · Society · Humour
Russia Threatened with Isolation from European Civilisation
In short, nothing new. A piece on Russo-German relations, a sort of Telegram-channel analytics of 1872. They keep mulling over the future after the death of Alexander II, although he has another nine years allotted to him, and, as usual, they threaten to cut our dear little Russia
Cinema · Society
Estonia considers banning cinema screenings of films dubbed into Russian
The Estonian Government is considering amendments to language legislation that could ban cinemas from screening films dubbed into Russian. The aim of the initiative is to encourage audiences to watch films in the original language. The bill still has to pass its second and third readings in parliament. If adopted,
Museums · Society · Paris
The Louvre to raise ticket prices for visitors from outside the EU from 14 January
The Louvre will raise ticket prices for most visitors from outside the EU. Tourists from the USA, the United Kingdom and China, for example, will have to pay €32. The increase will come into effect on 14 January. This step is expected to increase annual revenue by €15–20 million.
Museums · Heritage · Society · People
We Were Instructed to Draw Up an Updated Five-Year Programme for the Development of Museums, and We Have Prepared It
Mikhail Piotrovsky has summed up the work of the Union of Museums of Russia. The occasion: the Union of Museums has presented a strategy for the development of the sector over the next five years. Among its proposals are the legislative definition of the terms "museum" and "
Faith · Observations · Society
Watching the recent meeting of Pope Leo and Patriarch Bartholomew, I can say that I would, of course, support the union of all Christian confessions, provided that Rome returned to its pre-schism teachings and role, and turned once more to the faith…
Such a union is possible only if all branches of the church are brought into conformity with Orthodoxy, which alone, by the criteria of historical and liturgical continuity, corresponds to the image of the Christian Church under the Apostles. This is confirmed by its unbroken succession, by its very structure,
Architecture · Observations · Society · Paris
Outgoing mayor's narcissism and elite greed as causes of a distorted capital cityscape
The Triangular Tower in Paris: Expectation and Reality. Though both are equally ill-suited to the balance of the capital's panorama and to the elegance of the silhouette of the most beautiful city in the world. Most curious of all, the chief reasons for the existence of this