Russia
Russia will not attack Nato
There is a lot of war fever about. In January, Grant Shapps, Britain’s tiggerish defence secretary, said the UK was…
Why Latvia is expelling its Russian speakers
Riga, Latvia At the age of 74, Inessa Novikova, who is ethnically Russian, was told she had to learn Latvian…
A free spirit: Clairmont, by Lesley McDowell, reviewed
Even by the Villa Diodati’s standards, Claire Clairmont was unconventional, seducing Byron when she was 18, and giving birth to their child after a possible affair with Shelley
Would I die for Britain? No thanks
The West’s military posture has moved from ‘thick’ to ‘suicidal’. The recent speech of General Sir Patrick Sanders, the head…
Is this where world war three starts?
Daugavpils You can tell quite a bit about a place by the number of national flags on display.…
Europe needs to step up on Ukraine
Vasyl, a burly, tattooed infantry commander who lost a leg to a Russian mine on the eastern front, sits swinging…
Ukraine’s fight has been eclipsed by the ‘Other War’
The first indication that this was a literary festival like no other came with the request to provide ‘proof of…
The full English: how to fall in love with this country
A beginner’s guide to this country
Rising star
The second volume of Knausgaard’s trilogy serves as a prequel to the first, tracing the origins of Norway’s ominous new celestial body
Why the US will decide Ukraine’s fate
The US will decide Ukraine’s fate
