InE³ — Entertain Enlighten EmpowerbyRupert Taylor·Oct 9Where Are the Irish Crown Jewels?Worth many millions, the Crown Jewels of Ireland were stolen in 1907 and have never been foundA response icon3A response icon3
Alice Mercer·Sep 3Where did Europe’s old aristocrats go? I spent a year following the invitationsSeveral dinners at which my notebook proved considerably less popular than I had hoped. Europe’s old families, it turns out, never really…A response icon1A response icon1
InTeatime HistorybyRupert Taylor·Jul 30Kenya’s Happy Valley SetThe British Empire was frightfully good fun, don’t you know, but mostly just for the country’s dissolute upper crustA response icon1A response icon1
Saif Shaikh, Ph.D. | Distorted Visions·Jul 22[Book Review] Preaching to the Choir (Terrible Worlds: Transformations) — Adrian TchaikovskyOld people are creepy enough. Rich old people? More so.
InThe GravitybyAurel Stratan·Jun 30The truth about aristocratic hierarchies and racial purityA journey through history and biology busts the noble blood myths and racial superiority doctrines.A response icon4A response icon4
Vladislav Gomann·Jun 29The Golden Age of the Russian Nobility — part 2A day in the life of a typical nobleman - the salon and the ball
Palak Bajaj·Jun 29Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Isn’t About Versailles. It’s About Being Watched.The 2006 film was dismissed as style over substance. Seventeen years later, it looks like the point.
Vladislav Gomann·Jun 9The Golden Age of the Russian Imperial NobilitySplendour and separation from the reality
Corinna Lawless·Jun 3Authenticity is AristocraticBefore I get into the meat and potatoes of this essay, I want to apologize for the essay I wrote back in February. Although I stand by much…
InSMA Crown ConfidentialbySeraphina Michelina Evelyna·May 21A Machine of Concealment That Altered GenealogyOn the Cold War, the transnational families it divided, and the genealogy no one could read.