PALESTINE Cardinal Pizzaballa stood with the other Patriarchs of the churches in the town of TAYBEH today They CONDEMNED the repeated attacks AGAINST CHRISTIANS by ISRAELIS, saying in a statement: 'Radical Israelis from nearby settlements intentionally set fire near the

"The book is the purest essence of the mind, its most perfect image." Schopenhauer

The most famous commencement speech of the entire 20th century took place at Harvard University in 1978. The speaker, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, was in exile from the Soviet Union. In his speech Solzhenitsyn gave a dire warning to the West. 10 chilling quotes from his speech🧵

Jeremy Wayne Tate "Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free." — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Pure magic.

We replaced a very poor 1970s version of a carved and gilded 16th century frame with a newly acquired Venetian early 16th century carved and partially gilded walnut frame on Titian‘s Noli me Tangere.

Wassily Kandinsky's Dance Curves, 1926

"His library was a fine dark place bricked with books, so anything could happen there and always did. All you had to do was pull a book from the shelf and open it and suddenly the darkness was not so dark anymore." Ray Bradbury, "Farewell Summer"

The world's oldest underground station, Baker Street, 157 years apart.

I love libraries. That’s the Austrian National Library in Vienna and it’s stunning Prunksaal which I have visited for the first time few weeks ago. I was in heaven.

Cardinal Pizzaballa: “What we know for sure is that a tank, the IDF says by mistake, but we are not sure about this, they hit the Church directly, the Church of the Holy Family, the Latin Church” Images of the only Catholic Church in Gaza before and after today’s attack.

Dresden. Every building pictured dates from the last twenty years, the result of a 2002 municipal referendum in which the city decisively voted in favour of reconstructing its historic centre.

Wildlife photographer Sha Lu captures the perfect moment a small animal looks at the camera while being caught by a predator.

Victoria Station, London, 1960s.

Magic of ⁦Glyndebourne⁩ Always a wonderful experience. See you next year!

When a YouTube commenter comes out of nowhere and absolutely nails it

Hear hear. We live in the age of no manners.

Movie night. On the Waterfront. What a film…