Architecture · Moscow · Society · Rome · Humour
If you too sometimes feel that most Moscow architects, with all their arches, cappuccino colours and studiedly plain façades, are simply trying to copy some little-known famous building, your instinct has not failed you. Such a building exists. It is called the Palace of Italian Civilisation and was built
London · Monarchies · Society · Humour
No, Charles III was not born on the same day as Donald Trump. But it so happens that both of them celebrated a birthday today. Only Donald Fredovich does so by right of birth, whereas Charles Philipovich does so by right of the crown. The point is that all English
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Architecture · Observations · Society · Paris
I remember the summer of 2021, when it was being said that the construction of the Triangle Tower in Paris might rest on unlawful bureaucratic foundations, bound up with corruption and pressure on officials; the prosecutor's office then opened a preliminary inquiry into suspected "favouritism" and
Art · Society · Paris
Two French antiques experts and furniture makers, Georges Pailhaud and Bruno Desnoues, have been found guilty. The dealers stood accused of forging and selling nine copies of eighteenth-century armchairs, which they passed off as genuine. Some of the pieces were represented as having belonged to Marie Antoinette. The swindlers
Art · Museums · Heritage · Society
Former director of the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City, Hilda Trujillo Soto, accuses the museum's board of trustees of concealing the disappearance of the artist's works. Trujillo claims that during her time at the museum she discovered discrepancies between the inventory of works compiled by
Faith · The East · Cinema · Society
Mel Gibson Intends to Make a Series about the Siege of Malta. Well, it is high time to recall the triumph of the Christian defenders of a tiny island in 1565, when an Ottoman armada descended upon it. The Siege of Malta is one of the most heroic and most
Architecture · Faith · Observations · Society
The State Duma has passed in first reading a bill banning the use of images of places of worship and religious objects without their religious symbols. The ban is to apply to the media, the internet, advertising, goods, signage, and state and municipal emblems. Thank God, and about time! But
Faith · Geography · Society
Between 2010 and 2020, the world's religious landscape changed considerably. Here are some statistics from the latest report by the Pew Research Center: Christianity remains the largest religion in the world: over the decade the number of Christians grew by 122 million, reaching 2.3 billion by 2020.
Faith · Society · Rome
Regrettably, the discord between calendars no longer allows Christians to celebrate together the most important feast of the liturgical year, which causes pastoral problems in communities, divides families and weakens trust. Pope Leo XIV, speaking in honour of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, proposed establishing a single
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Art · Society · Nature
There Is No Other Home! Poster by Boris Rogachevsky, 1986