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
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal