Art · Observations · Society
The street art festival "Perekhod" has taken place in Kaluga, with Yandex Pay as its general partner. In my view, this is a very good sign for young artists: support from well-known companies shows that street art remains relevant and in demand. On the whole, events of
Mores · Society · Ethnography
A working group at the Ministry of Industry and Trade will draw up a list of more than 250 dishes to be included in the standard of Russian cuisine, RBC reports. The standard is being developed to promote the national cuisine, popularise Russian dishes and secure their status in law.
London · Museums · Society
The Museums Association of Great Britain has proposed a new code of ethics. Museums are now advised to refuse sponsorship from organisations that damage the environment or violate human rights, and to seek funding from "ethical sources". Institutions are also urged to consider the climate and social consequences
Observations · Society
Rospatent Refuses to Register "I Am Russian" as a Trademark. How do people find the nerve to file applications like this in the first place?
Art · London · Society · Humour
The fairest court in the world: a judge bludgeons a peaceful protester with a gavel. A new Banksy mural with precisely this subject has appeared on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. A few hours later the image was hidden beneath a sheet of corrugated metal. Constables were posted
Faith · The East · Heritage · Society
The monastery was founded in the 6th century at the supposed site of the burning bush and is considered the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the world. It holds a unique collection of Byzantine icons and manuscripts, second in importance only to that of the Vatican. Although it stands in
Art · Heritage · Society
Copenhagen Authorities to Remove Mermaid Sculpture Deemed Provocative. The decision has been taken by the Danish Ministry of Culture. But this is not about the famous beauty, Edvard Eriksen's Little Mermaid, but about a contemporary sculpture installed in 2018 in the very centre of the city, on the
Books · Observations · Society
A culture builds forts when it is on the way down. When it is on the rise, it builds fleets and fights for trade, for growth and for the spread of its own civilisation. When it builds forts, it is already on the defensive, static, waiting to be conquered. Forts
Faith · Observations · Society
A celebrated quotation from the Portuguese Catholic nun Sister Lúcia (1907-2005), one of the three witnesses of the Fátima apparitions of the Mother of God in 1917. According to the Fátima prophecy, the Virgin Mary asked for Russia to be consecrated to her Immaculate Heart, in order to avert
Geography · Observations · Society
Doesn't it strike you as strange that in a country which has renamed the cities named after Lenin and Stalin there still remains a city named after Togliatti, a third-rate historical figure from the Communist Party of Italy? True, not every settlement named after a Communist functionary
Books · Observations · Society
Your universe means nothing to them. They will not try to understand. They will grow tired, they will be cold, and they will light a fire at your beautiful oak door ― Jean Raspail. These photographs spread across social media at the time amid a great wave of discussion about illegal
Coming Up · Observations · Education · Society
Once, at a job interview, I was asked how I understood the phrase "from dream to realisation is but one step". To be honest, I don't understand it at all. It is one step from dream to realisation only if, say, your dream is to get