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The Macron Years in Two Pictures. It has been worse: in the Hundred Years' War, during the Wars of Religion, under the Jacobin Terror, in the First World War and under German occupation. But for peacetime, Emmanuel Macron is undoubtedly one of the worst rulers of France. Off the
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Perhaps all this is trifles, And the main thing, the very main thing, Is that which is more terrible even than mortal anguish: Coarseness of spirit, coarseness of matter, Coarseness of life, of love, of everything; Coarseness of the native she-beast, the U.S.S.R., – Coarseness, savagery – and
Art · Observations · Society
The programme has been running since 2022 and was launched to support the cultural sector after the pandemic. Of 8,200 applicants who met the criteria, 2,000 participants were selected at random (!) and received 1,500 euros a month each from the state. Can you imagine how this "
Observations · Mores · Society · Humour
The typical club of our day is where everyone has a “unique style” but the same trainers and the same playlist, and even the bouncer knows you came not for fun but for a top-up of self-esteem. The typical club of the era of the developed welfare state,
Faith · Art · New York · Society
Jesus Christ knocks at the door of the United Nations building in New York. The painting is evidently meant to convey that true peace can be found only through Christ. One might, however, put a question on the side to the moneychangers driven out of the temple: why has Bethlehem
Faith · London · Society
The Anglican Church of Nigeria, the largest Anglican community in the world with more than 18 million worshippers, has declared its "spiritual independence" and severed ties with the Church of England. The decision stems from its disagreement with the liberal reforms being pursued by the centre. In an
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Lenin is a scourge for our sins
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Without God a nation is a mob, United by vice, Either blind, or foolish, Or, what is more terrible still, cruel. And let any man ascend the throne, Speaking in lofty phrase, The mob will remain a mob, Until it turns to God! Literal translation Hieromonk Roman Matyushin, 8 August
Faith · Observations · Heritage · Society · Rome
What happened today in St Peter's Basilica in Rome: I think everyone has already heard of the desecration of the altar, and I shall not repeat in what base manner it was done. A terrible abscess of a neglected disease of modern society. If one tries not to
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Graffiti on the walls of Canterbury Cathedral, the chief Anglican church of Great Britain, built in 1070. This is the cathedral founded by Saint Augustine himself, and its walls have been disfigured with hideous tags. And do you know what? The graffiti on the walls of the Cathedral and Metropolitical
Architecture · Observations · Society · Paris
Trump plans a majestic triumphal arch opposite the Lincoln Memorial, and a pedestrian bridge leading to it with statues of American presidents in niches, for the 250th anniversary of American independence, to be celebrated in 2026. The project is grandiose and, naturally, designed to remain a monument to the Trump