THIRTEEN AT TABLE. In many cultures the presence of thirteen at a dinner table is considered unlucky. In part this is due to the general superstitions which surrounded the number, yet it is clear that dining with thirteen is a special concern. The French used to hire an additional dinner (or Quartorzienne) to make up …
Supuesta última fotografía de James Dean días antes de su muerte. La que se ríe tanto es Saritísima. «Llevo fumando puros toda mi vida. Y de hombre no tengo nada, ni una uña. Maricona sí, pero hombre no. Lo que ocurre es que tengo carácter y una forma de ser… muy amplia». «Después de mis …
But the problem was obvious. In the middle of the nineteenth century, only married students at the Royal Academy were allowed to draw from the female nude. And it was alleged, not entirely plausibly, that the reason John Ruskin, the century’s greatest artistic authority, had been unable to consummate his marriage to Effie Gray was …
Otra telenovela menos. Bueno, en las telenovelas las cosas están más claras. Aquí se tiraron el rollo seis años para vender humo y new-age.
GIUSEPPE BARTOLEONI (1780?-1848?), King of Tavolara. One day in 1833, Carlo Alberto (1798-1848), King of Sardinia, instructed the captain of his ship to leave him on the island of Tavolara-located off the coast of Sardinia- for a few hours of solitary hunting. After a short time, the king was approached by a huge man more …
Desde el cariño, por supuesto.
Sally the Sleuth, tebeo pulp de los años 30. What a gal! What a gal!