Day 1,374: botched vanity trip
For a start, the West is not always united, as Emmanuel Macron’s botched vanity trip to China demonstrates.
Artwork of the day
Compact Vanities
ErteStyle:Art DecoGenre:allegorical painting
Word of the day
botched: used to describe something, usually a job, that is done badly
vanity: the fact that you are too interested in your appearance or achievements
Quote of the day
“Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice