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The overwhelming majority of Australians want to keep the monarchy after the first visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Australia
Roy Morgan poll, 27 October 2024 The republic can wait
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Patriarch Alexy II on bitter words spoken to rulers and to the people
There were times when the Patriarch's duty was to speak bitter words to the ruler's face. Now, it seems, there are coming times when still more bitter words must be spoken to the face of one's own people. Patriarch Alexy II
Faith · Observations · Society
Pope Benedict XVI and his view of the modern ideology of the West
We are building a dictatorship of relativism that recognises nothing as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires. Pope Benedict XVI, it turns out, on the modern ideology of the West
Books · Society
The Russian Prize resumes after seven years, with 591 authors from 55 countries competing
After a seven-year break, the Russian Prize has resumed its work. It is a literary award for writers and poets who live abroad and write in Russian, and this year 591 authors from 55 countries are competing for it. The winners will be announced on 11 December. According to
NB! · Monarchies · Society · Paris · People
On 16 October 1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was beheaded on the Place de la Révolution
On 16 October 1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was beheaded on the Place de la Révolution. In essence, the French Republic has still not acknowledged its crimes against the royal family, and has never reviewed the unjust, shameful trials of the royal family of France
Mores · Society · People · Humour
Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever, a historian devoted to Rome and Roman symbols
The mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever, is a historian by training, and although he specialised in the Flemish national movement and salutes incorrectly, outside academic life he adores Rome and all things Roman. In the photograph he celebrates his election victory with Roman regalia: a standard with a golden
Observations · Society · People · Humour
The Prime Minister of Singapore in the cabin of an economy-class aircraft, travelling on official business by low-cost carrier
The Prime Minister of Singapore in the cabin of an economy-class aircraft, travelling on official business by low-cost carrier. On the one hand, we understand that Lawrence Wong belongs to those politicians who consider themselves representatives of the people rather than rulers of the people. On the other
The East · Books · Society
Boris Kornilov's 1930 verse on the British occupation of Baku and its oil
The government is provisional, a provisional screen; the second revolution, a screen on its side… England has sniffed the air: it smells rich. The occupation of Baku has been played out by the book. Smooth and hard, like an oaken egg, like a tub, the chief actor of the piece,
NB! · Society · Nature · Humour
The Only Dwelling a Respectable Opossum Can Afford in Present Economic Conditions
Archive · Society · Saint Petersburg
“To the Citizens of Russia!
“To the citizens of Russia! The Provisional Government has been deposed. The cause for which the people have fought, the immediate proposal of a democratic peace, the abolition of landlords’ ownership of the land, workers’ control over production, the creation of a Soviet government, that cause is secured. Long live
NB! · Archive · Science · Society
The Delivery of a Modern Computer to Norwich City Council in 1957
Cinema · Monarchies · Observations · Society
People from sub-Saharan Africa as characters in alternative histories of the West
Anne Boleyn Before and After the Introduction of the New Concept of World Cultural History. Note that, as dramatis personae of the alternative history of the West, they now use chiefly natives of the countries south of the Sahara, rather than non-Europeans of any other description. Precisely those whose