In the 1992 American action film with Harrison Ford, "Patriot Games", about the investigation of an Irish terrorist group plotting an attempt on members of the royal family, the chief villains turn out to be members of…

In the 1992 American action film with Harrison Ford, "Patriot Games", about the investigation of an Irish terrorist group plotting an attempt on members of the royal family, the chief villains turn out to be members of a society of rare-book collectors, a beautiful agent who deals in antique books, and a well-known antiquarian bookseller whose shop serves as a drop point for intelligence. The security services put the bookseller, a Mr Cooley, under surveillance, but the decrepit wiring, installed before the First World War, begins to smoke once the hidden camera is connected, and the thrifty bibliophile discovers the listening device, putting the entire operation at risk...

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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

In the 1992 American action film with Harrison Ford, "Patriot Games", about the investigation of an Irish terrorist group plotting an attempt on members of the royal family, the chief villains turn out to be members of…

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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