The Venice Festival was born under Mussolini's warm wing. Its founder, Giuseppe Volpi, a rather successful Italian politician, sat on the Grand Council of Fascism right up to 1943. True, when he spoke out against the alliance with Hitler, he was not merely driven out of every post but arrested as well. Volpi was also president of the Venice Biennale from 1930 to 1943.
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. “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
