Sailing for North Korea: A voyage to the town where no one knows the Beatles
The Chinese have always made the crossing: historically for trade, more recently for tourism. In May 2013, the North Korean city of Sinuiju opened up to westerners for the first time.The Friendship...
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Pussy Riot and the new age of dissident art
Neither of these two new books about the feminist art collective leave one optimistic about the immediate future of Russian politics, but they show the deep effect the saga has had.Kicking the Kremlin:...
View ArticleUkraine is at war, we're just not admitting it yet
Ukraine finds itself in an impossible clinch, where it is alternately patronised (“those heroic Ukrainians!”) and refused serious help to counter Russia’s bailouts. With people dying on the streets as...
View ArticleThe President of Kazakhstan suggests his country should be renamed
President Nazerbayev doesn't want to rule a "stan" any more. So he's suggesting it become Kazakh Yeli or Kazakhiya.What’s in a name? When it comes to geographical place names, quite a lot actually, as...
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