I see excellent potential for a dynastic union in this photograph, an alliance of the English and Spanish crowns against France, say, if Prince George were to marry the Infanta Sofía

There is just one small "but": Spain is tied to France through Bourbon-Anjou, and King Felipe VI is a member of the House of Bourbon, whose formal head is considered to be Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, one of the pretenders to the French throne, should it ever be restored. However, his claim to the throne of France is dubious, and he himself is a Spaniard and a great-grandson of General Franco

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is 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

I see excellent potential for a dynastic union in this photograph, an alliance of the English and Spanish crowns against France, say, if Prince George were to marry the Infanta Sofía

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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