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
Being the girl in the green jumper
Cyril Mann’s muse, Renske Mann, rescues the artist from forgotten obscurity
How modern wars end
History offers options rather than predictions for how the Russia-Ukraine war could end
Sound and fury signifying nothing
The pomp of the Queen’s Speech failed to mask the flatness of it all
Dead men wave no flags
UK must not allow volunteers to fight in Ukraine
A new blasphemy law?
LGBT groups are demanding a ban on so-called “conversion therapy” — but the devil’s in the detail
The stupidity of lockdown revealed society’s nihilism
Why were we content to ruin the lives of so many?
The war in Ukraine may have only just begun
Campaign Diary: Russia is playing a long game and tapping into its Soviet past
Sensation painting
The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance