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How Tolstoy hurts Putin's attempt to rewrite history
Oped, Published on 10/08/2022
» On April 10, Moscow police arrested Konstantin Goldman for brandishing a book in public. Mr Goldman had posted an image on social media in which he posed holding a copy of Tolstoy's War and Peace next to a section of a World War II monument that commemorates Kyiv's status as a Soviet "hero-city" -- a distinction given to cities that endured some of the harshest moments of the Nazi invasion. He was charged with violating Russia's prohibition against discrediting the military, a new law that carries a punishment of up to 15 years in jail.
Tent and garden: Displaced Syria teen recreates lost family home
AFP, Published on 24/11/2020
» ATME (SYRIA) - Among the olive trees in northwestern Syria, displaced teenager Wissam Diab plucks an oud outside his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants.
Will these change the way we read?
Life, Published on 02/11/2018
» 'A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic," cosmologist Carl Sagan once said. "It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years."
Nothing to laugh about
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 07/07/2017
» Certain terms put me off: "only" as in I only want; "just" as in I just mean; "fun" as in let's have some; "hilarious" as in this book is. They are simply untrue.
Spain marks death of intriguing 'Quixote' author Cervantes
AFP, Published on 22/04/2016
» MADRID - Spain marks the fourth centenary of the death of its most famous author Miguel de Cervantes this week with hundreds of events ranging from cultural to quirky... and a bit of controversy.
Four centuries after his death, Cervantes intrigues and enchants
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» MADRID - He is best known for "Don Quixote", but the eventful life of Spain's revered author Miguel de Cervantes was just as intriguing as any adventures of the delusional wanna-be knight of his famous novel.
Idea Man
Asia focus, Published on 01/12/2014
» Another day, another forum of global leaders in sharp business suits at a five-star hotel. But I spot the person I have come to interview in a second — he's the only one not wearing a jacket.
Writer with a conscience
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/05/2014
» Chalermsak Ngamngarm, who has written books addressing social problems and different forms of bureaucratic corruption, has a fitting nickname. His friends and fans call him the Nai Amphur Nak Kien (District Chief Writer).
Ukrainian boxing champ Klitschko to run for president
AFP, Published on 24/10/2013
» Ukrainian world boxing champion and popular opposition leader Vitali Klitschko announced on Thursday he would challenge President Viktor Yanukovych in elections due in March 2015.
Amnesty: crime without punishment
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 08/08/2013
» In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, young Rodion was getting away with murder. However, his guilty conscience eventually compelled him to surrender to the law. The story is of course fictional, and someone being compelled by their conscience to surrender would be a rare exception in real life.