Stories

Masha Slonim – on the Salisbury poisoning and new public hearings on the case

The purpose of these public hearings is to get to the bottom of the circumstances surrounding the death of Dawn…

2 months ago

“An artist who creates music”: the story of pianist Anna Stasiuk

The artful sounds of the piano fill the walls of The Raffles, a historic hotel in central London, every evening.…

11 months ago

“Concorde”: the story of one supersonic failure

The story of the Concorde's creation The idea of a supersonic passenger airplane first emerged in the late 1950s in…

1 year ago

“An Orgy of the Righteous.” Alexei Zimin on the history of British thought. Chapter XI

Every nation has its guilty pleasures - somewhat embarrassing, reprehensible, or even shameful pleasures. Russians drink brine; Lithuanians consider zeppelins,…

1 year ago