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The storm over the release of Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin is nothing compared to the furore over the lavish, home-grown historical...

I found myself talking to a Russian acquaintance about the tragic demise of the Romanov dynasty, it’s one of those inevitable cross-cultural...

Sooner or later it will come up; that ‘thing’ about “leaving like an English person” or “to leave English-style”. For quite some time I thoug...

Is Armando Iannucci a household name yet? I suppose that depends upon the household in question. If you are familiar with The Thick of It, In The...

For many travellers, the food you eat on your trip is as memorable as the place you visit. Whether you’re a food fanatic or not, it plays a huge...

We harbour several ingrained stereotypes about Russians (as do they, about us) and the most predominant is the assumption of rampant alcoholism....

This sounds interesting: “Russia’s only international arts fair”. The immediate question is, why “only”?, -but the answer is not immediately...

Anyone who has taken even the most passing interest in Soviet Russia will have seen the striking art of the era. To us, of course, the impact and...

In 1971, the Strugatsky brothers: Arkady and Boris released the milestone novella: Roadside Picnic into a Soviet system unready to receive it....

Let’s face it, equipping yourself with Russian language skills prior to a visit is a daunting task. There are disincentives to learning such a...