Tag: Russia

Farewell to Russia by Joe Luc Barnes

Farewell to Russia by Joe Luc Barnes

I’ve long been interested in Russia, from the early 90s, I’ve enjoyed the country’s great literature and philosophy, yet the country is one that remains alien to me (and to many of its outsiders) and…

The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall

The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall

Space: the final frontier. These are the pages of The Future of Geography, by Tim Marshall. Its 320-page mission: to explore not only our world but the strange new worlds that we, as a species…

Dancing for Stalin by Christina Ezrahi

Dancing for Stalin by Christina Ezrahi

The Soviet era under Stalin has always been one shrouded in mystery, albeit with information emerging since the 1980s, which saw a period of openness (Glasnost) there remains uncertainty and secretiveness regarding this period. In…