Robert Chandler
Robert Chandler is a poet and translator. He is the editor of Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida (Penguin) and the author of Alexander Pushkin (Pushkin Press). His translations include Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
Writer who caught the reality of war
Vasily Grossman was not only a great correspondent in World War Two but a courageous dissident
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care