Russia
The demolition man
His legacy impresses and frustrates
Prokofiev, Tcherepnin: The Bark of Yearning (Avi-music)
This is prime Prokofiev
What the Russians may be eating in Tbilisi
Georgian cuisine is a rose with few thorns
Pushkin House beats a bomb threat
A note of dread on a night about Eurasianism
Incompetents abroad
Our hopeless foreign policy elite has no idea of what winning in Ukraine looks like — or how to bring it about
Stalin’s last laugh
Joseph Stalin has been recast in Russia not as a bloodsoaked tyrant, but as a strong, effective leader
Ukraine war is not an example of “toxic masculinity”
History suggests that female rulers are far more likely to start wars than their male counterparts
Poland was and is right about Russia
Opposing Putin isn’t hawkish, just realistic
Tanks a lot
“War is the original human state,” Russian directors seem to say
Germany’s crisis of conscience
An unholy alliance of Berlin capitalists and intellectuals has disastrously misjudged the Ukraine war
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
