The Frog King, Frankenstein and the Tin Woodman in an advertisement for the men's magazine Men’s Health

Humpty Dumpty and all the king's men: unusual Easter eggs for charity

Who among us does not remember the familiar from childhood poem by S. Marshak about Shaltay-Boltai, who was sitting on the wall. After he managed to fall down in a dream, all the royal men could not collect him. The same story recently happened in London (home of the legendary "Alice in Wonderland"): during the charity quest "The Big Egg Hunt" Humpty Dumpty, dressed in a traditional striped suit, suddenly crashed, despite on the guard of honor, who was on duty nearby

Decorative spoons made of tin and silver. Creative and useful souvenirs from Glover and Smith

British artists Ed and Judy Glover are a creative couple who, under the Glover and Smith brand, design and create unique pieces of pewter and silver. And among all these decorations and souvenirs, a series of amazing cutlery deserves special attention. Decorative spoons from Glover and Smith are famous not only for their exclusive design, but also for the fact that they can be wonderful souvenirs and, in fact, cutlery

The king of horrors is not as scary as they say about him: 13 entertaining facts about Stephen King

Stephen King is the legendary author of a myriad of stories and novels that can turn the mind inside and out, causing goosebumps from realistic descriptions and events taking place in books. And it’s not surprising that many of his work has been taken as a basis in films that evoke ambiguous feelings and sticky fear. And if everything is more or less clear with his work, then the situation with the author is much more complicated. Let's look beyond the fine line between reality and navi, and find out if the king is so terrible

What strangeness and cultural codes of the fairy tale "The Frog Princess" are deciphered by the ancient customs of the Slavs

The story of the bewitched bride (or groom) is very common and is found in the fairy tales of many peoples, but it is the Russian version that amazes with fantastic and very illogical details: the wife is an amphibian, an arrow as a guarantee of marriage obligations, a strange dance with bird bones flying out of the sleeves. Like many other old fairy tales, "The Frog Princess" carries many "cultural codes" that are already incomprehensible to us today

"Elvis is the Legend": rare photographs of King Elvis Presley, which were included in the book for the 40th anniversary of the death of the King of Rock and Roll

On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley was found dead in his home. The official version calls heart failure the cause of death, despite the fact that an autopsy showed that an excessive dose of medications led to cardiac arrest. One way or another, the king of rock and roll is gone, and this year, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the singer's death, a photo book with the rarest footage that has been kept all this time in the family archive comes out