Is Nabokov’s novel morally offensive? Patently, it is not. We live in a universe of treacherous choices, of corruption and ...

On November 9 each year, Russia celebrates the birthday of the famous 19th century novelist. He was born in 1818 and, for some reason, was a little lost in the shadow of Tolstoy’s and Dostoyevsky’s ...

HGO deliver a glorious production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece Eugene Onegin about a boy who rejects a girl then regrets it for the rest of ...

Playing down her smarts (she’s written for Vogue, Vanity Fair and more), McKinney goes for an enthusiastic/empathetic tone that allows us to vicariously enjoy the show’s vast array of predicaments, ...

Maxim Osipov, this year’s Maya Brin Resident, left Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Even with the various forms of government and their myriad changes over millennia, political scandals are almost as old as ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and our pick for the traveler on your yearly gift list is a book that keeps them ...

Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, said that the Duma was working on tightening ...

This is the amusing moment a Chinese woman proudly showcases her impressive raven. Footage shows the pet owner sitting as the large jet black bird perches regally on her arm in Zhejiang, China, on ...

Iran seems to have weaponized the pharmaceutical fentanyl. It may have given these chemical weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah to ...

How did the life and work of Adam Mickiewicz impact global literature and the world we live in? A new online project produced by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute explores the unknown story of the Polish ...

I’m collecting unhinged responses to Trump’s victory – because I’m horrible, yes, but also for the psychological insight.