Anna Aslanyan
Music, Terror, Garlic Amulets
Julian Barnes’s ‘The Noise of Time’
Ladies’ Man Of Art
The formidable critic Dave Hickey turns 75 this month
Voice Of Dystopia
The Nobel laureate for literature Svetlana Alexievich gives voice to the voiceless
Russia’s not so Lovable Rogue
An account of Eduard Limonov’s adventurous life, that’s a bit too heavy on admiration
Mentioned in Dispatches
Letters from London and Europe by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, tranlated by J. G. Nichols
Can Kasparov Checkmate Putin?
On and off the chessboard, the ex-world champion is a fighter. Now the man who has led the struggle for Russian democracy talks to Standpoint
Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade
Behind the schoolgirl climate warrior lies a shadowy cabal of lobbyists, investors and energy companies seeking to profit from a green bonanza
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say
Cry, the rapidly crumbling country
President Ramaphosa has won the election but his position is fragile: South Africa faces poverty, inequality and corruption almost entirely self-inflicted by the ruling ANC