Ted-Ed's Excellent Russian Adventure(?)
"This Ted-Ed video sets itself the ludicrously ambitious target of trying to explain the origins of Russia in less than six minutes."
Catherine the Unsung/His Fair Lady
"'Tsar' has its fair share of strong female characters so far, but Marfa/Catherine surpasses them all"
Peter I: On the Cusp of Greatness?
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have greatness bestowed upon them by those at a safe enough distance not to kno
Waiting for Godunov
The second episode of BBC Radio Four’s drama series, Tsar, or ‘Game of Russian Throne’, as I can no longer resist the temptation to call...
'Terrible' Tidings
Totally unexpectedly, today I’ve found myself with the opportunity to write about something Russia-related almost as soon as it has...
Landscapes from a Vanished Country: Geoffrey Hosking's 1988 Reith Lecture Series
"Listening nearly 30 years on with a reasonable idea of how things turned out, when I revisit the series I encounter something akin to
Evanescent
“Thank you, Stalin, for my happy childhood!” It’s a jarring utterance to say the least, and the speaker is not unaware of that fact....
Karenina Vs. Karenina...
Russian-born journalist and commentator Masha Gessen gives some authority to a discussion prompted by the publication of two new translation
'Brexit' and the 'Beautiful Game' po-russki
It's been a while since my last post, but then a lot has happened in the last few weeks. As you may already be aware, I'm British. Just...
Friendship wins? Sadly not, it seems.
Under normal circumstances, I really couldn’t care less about football. For the sake of clarity, I’m talking about the type of football...
