Yuri Andropov: Hip to be square

Indeed. I wonder how many tries it took before they got that red diamond perfectly aligned in the centre of the knot. (My partner was sure it was a tie pin until I zoomed in to show her that it’s printed on the fabric.)

Maybe it was a clip-on.

Did the Soviets even have access to that kind of technology?

They’re still doing it in North Korea:

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/real-life-villains/images/5/5c/Kim_Il_Sung_Portrait-2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150609053940

You don’t need to tell me; I visited there last year and saw enough Kim portraits to last me the rest of my life. (Incidentally, the Kim Jong-Un portrait you linked to isn’t an official one, but rather the work of a Wikipedian artist.)

Better?

It’s amazing how much Millard Fillmore (#29) does look like a grump Alec Baldwin.

Delightful! Goes very well with my favourite Kim Jong-Un poem, by Peter Goulding.