A thread on searching for noble roots, where experts meet hostile commenters

Got stuck yesterday in a wonderful thread devoted to the search for noble roots by various inquisitive citizens. It is splendid, in general, that there are places where representatives of noble associations, descendants of famous families, and historians, professional and amateur alike, gather to discuss the origins of this or that surname at an expert level. Curiously, even these cosy drawing rooms are stormed by lunatics cursing everything and everyone, who call, for instance, for all those who look for their noble roots, or who refer to them, to be covered in scabs.

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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

A thread on searching for noble roots, where experts meet hostile commenters

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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