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On the way to school! Known politicians in their youth (PHOTO)
Reaching heights of career politicians began to look decorous and monumental. Stylish suits, expensive cars have made them a little bit alike. But as a young man, they were quite different. Winston Churchill Vladimir Putin Viktor Yushchenko Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Zhirinovsky George. W. Bush Joseph Stalin...
How provocative art gives historic palaces new life
Europe’s great palaces have always been stuffed full of art – but usually dusty canvases and sculptures rather than contemporary works. Now this is changing, writes Aindrea Emelife. What’s the difference between museums and palaces? “Not much,” says the artist Laurence Weiner, as we sit in one of...
World War II: the princes of the wardrobe and secret fantasies (PHOTO)
In 1939, in New York there was an event that defined in many ways the lives of several generations of the fair sex. The world-renowned chemical company DuPont presented a new synthetic material — nylon. Within a year, both in sales of nylon stockings appeared, and the old favorites — technically imperfect silk...
Vera Brezhneva almost lost her skirt during a concert (VIDEO)
Ukrainian singer Vera Brezhneva was in an unpleasant situation during a speech in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. A well-known Ukrainian singer Vera Brezhneva after the death of his father for some time did not give concerts and did not come out to the public. But these days artist decided to return to work and arrived in Krasnoyarsk,...
The shocking story of The kiss
It is known as one of art’s most popular images of sexual love, but Auguste Rodin’s sculpture of two lovers has a tangled – and controversial – history, writes Alastair Sooke. It must be one of the frankest – and most popular – images of carnal love in the history of art:...
Meduza: ‘Stalin Center’ opens in Russia’s Penza
In Penza, a Russian city southeast of Moscow, local communists have opened a "Stalin Center," which will study the building of socialism in the USSR, according to Meduza, a Latvian-based online newspaper covering the former Soviet Union. First secretary of the Penza Communist Party Regional Committee Georgiy Kamnev...
A parody of «Star Wars» broke sales records (video)
In anticipation of the seventh of the epic "Star Wars" grew not only sell books, comic books and souvenirs related to the film, but also a DVD with pornoparodiey him. The most expensive adult film in the history of "Star Wars XXX» made their authors rich, NTV reports citing BBC News. According to the portal...
Read Before Riding: Horses Have Consciousness
Horses have been domesticated for 5,000 years, but we’re still learning about how they think. Horses were domesticated more than 5,000 years ago and have been deeply connected to humans ever since. In The Horse: The Epic History Of Our Noble Companion, Wendy Williams harnesses a lifetime in the saddle to explore our...
Fun of German soldiers during World War II (24 photos)
As it is sayed, "War is war, and lunch schedule." Let's see how much fun...
Statues of the famous: the good, the bad and the ugly
Martin Chilton looks at some of the strange and fine celebrity statue and busts tributes, including to music greats such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and John Lennon and to the giants from the world of literature, including Shakespeare and Paddington Bear. (above, statues of Amy Winehouse, HRH Queen, Psy and an ice one of...
25 Things That Would Be Different If Harry Potter Was Set In Canada
Canada is a gorgeous country but definitely not the most exotic or magical setting for a novel. Usually the only people who write about Canada are Canadians. But with 9.98 million km2 of stereotypes it'd be a hilarious setting for The Boy Who Lived. 4. Harry’s Hogwarts letters would all have been lost by Canada Post....
‘Creed’ review: The ‘Rocky’ franchise roars again with a searing jolt of adrenaline
Somewhere up there, Apollo Creed is looking down at his son and smiling. After 40 years of Balboa, the Rocky franchise has been given a new life and a brand-new star in Michael B. Jordan, a fighter strong and scrappy enough to carry Sylvester Stallone's torch. Creed is thoroughly modern, thrusting the nostalgic world of...