Soviet Union
The war of words over Estonia’s Soviet monuments
Despite three decades of independence, Estonia’s Soviet past is still a cause of division
Before the wall’s fall
Geopolitical maneuverings between the East and the West
“X” marks a spot
The development of geopolitical thought in the Cold War
New beginnings, old problems
How did geopolitics evolve in the aftermath of World War Two?
Fanfares for the common man
Communist composers tried to create ideologically pure works for the workers — but without any great degree of success
A chronicle of gratitude and ambivalence
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: 12th symphony/Dawn (Chandos)
Between two superpowers
Rail in the development of the USA and the Soviet Union
Gender ketman
Masking doubts to avoid dissent
The country that went to the wall
From its birth after 1945, to its death after 1990
Unveiled enigmas
Shostakovich: Works unveiled (BIS)
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
