Photostory
100 Photos of Ukraine is our traditional year-end feature, which we have been compiling annually since 2017. These images are the most vivid and significant photographs our team has taken over the past 12 months. They capture the essence...
Decolonisation
The guest of the sixth episode of Decolonisation is Daria Mattingly, an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a Lecturer in Contemporary International History in Chichester. As an expert on the social and cultural history of the USSR,...
War against culture
Religion was referred to as the “opium of the people” by the Soviet authorities, along with religious holidays and their associated customs. All Christmas traditions were not only abolished but replaced with artificially invented ones. For example, authentic carols were...
Decolonisation
In this episode, the Decolonisation series hosts Uilleam Blacker, a renowned scholar of Ukrainian literature and one of the most prominent contemporary translators of Ukrainian literary works into English. In the interview, Dr Blacker reveals how colonial influences have shaped...
Russia's crimes
For centuries, homegrown plants and fruits sustained generations of Ukrainians. The cultivation of different varieties of grapes led to the development of winemaking in the region, with products that had the potential to spread far beyond the country’s borders. However,...
Decolonisation
This episode of the Decolonisation series features Timothy Garton Ash, a distinguished British historian, author, and commentator renowned for his extensive work on modern European history, particularly in relation to post-communist Europe.
