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International Museum Day/Международный день музеев: Which Museum Would You Run Away To?

By on 18/05/2010

Herding 78 people through the Hermitage is a very different kettle of fish than spending a leisurely morning on one’s own at the Wallace Collection

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Why I Hate Dachas, and You Should Too!

By on 02/05/2010

The fact of the matter is, and no amount of Chekhov will convince me otherwise: this whole dacha thing is a well-oiled vehicle to keep female indentured servitude alive and well in the early 21st Century.

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Tax is the new Terror

By on 15/04/2010

I hadn’t given the Terror much thought for quite some time. It is not my period for a start (I’m an 1825 – 1918 gal) and of course, it is not remotely amusing.

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A Hymn to Him

By on 24/02/2010

HRH and Dedushka won’t be emptying anything except a bottle of premium whiskey this week as we women convey our warmest and kindest feelings

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New Service of Aeroflot — “Comfort+”

By on 20/11/2009

In the latest in a series of truly funny direct marketing shoots, the national carrier of Russia tops its own unchallenged record for silliness

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