Marina Gerner
What’s in a word?
“Without a way of visualising and recording our spoken words, our world would not be the same”
City where history is still being made
‘The last time we were in Kiev together, I was a toddler and my mother a young painter with dissident views’
Wholesome homes are better for all of us
The structures where we spend most of our time affect every aspect of our lives. But too little is being done to make them healthier for all
Viennese rooms with a point of view
The salons of Vienna were key spaces for promoting the emancipation of women and Jews
New way to tell a terrible story
New graphic novels take on difficult subject matter: the lives of Hannah Arendt and Anne Frank
Tunnel vision
The original designs of the Thames Tunnel were auctioned at Bonhams in London for £200,000 in November
Ironies Of Ideology
The RA’s Russia show offers a sobering counterpoint to the naivety of Western communists
A Diaspora Of Pain And Joy
The tale of two Jewish familes in Baghdad and Budapest
Golden Gogol
Gogol’s The Nose is mesmerisingly surreal
Clearing The Fog Of War
Tim Judah’s In Wartime provides a first-hand picture of what is happening on the ground in Ukraine
How Top Boys topple down crime’s ladder
Too many prisoners rejoin society with no education, stable housing or job prospects. No surprise that more than half reoffend within a year
In the bleak midwinter
Christmas can be a bleak time of year. While some feel isolated, others are overwhelmed by the need for a perfect family Yuletide when their reality is different
My warnings to our spy watchdogs
Britain is under attack from Russia. And the government is blocking a Parliamentary report that details it