English satire of the Prince Regent, the future George IV, and his foreign tailors

To waste your time before a Glass Exposes oft a monstrous Ass!

An English satire on the Prince Regent, surrounded by foreign tailors recommended by Prince Esterházy.

The pointedly boundless lower deck of the future King George IV, at that time Regent of Great Britain in place of his incapacitated father George III, makes one reflect on the popularity of the aesthetics of the grand posterior long before the Kardashians.

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

English satire of the Prince Regent, the future George IV, and his foreign tailors

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s