Books & Films

The Distant Barking of Dogs Film Review

Shortlisted for the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature in 2018, The Distant Barking of Dogs vividly presents life near a heavy...

We Need to Talk About Putin Book Review

Putin has convinced many Russians that he has raised their country from its knees. But for how much longer, asks this short book by Mark...

Notes from the Dark Side: Imperium Book Review

In 1917 an entire world went mad; a madness that came to be called the Soviet Union. The persecutions and wars that began with the...

A Frozen Hell: Mr Jones Film Review

Mr Jones film review, Ukraine, 1930s famine, Holodomor, Agnieszka Holland film, eastern Europe cinema

Back in the USSR: Everything is Illuminated Film Review

"Everything is Illuminated" (2005) is based on the first-time novel by Jewish-American writer Jonathan Saffron Foyer (2001), and it came...

Anthony Bourdain: The Travelling Gourmand

Friday's sad news that Anthony Bourdain had taken his own life at the age of 61 prompted me to write the first of my articles for the...

"TRAVEL IS THE ONLY THING YOU BUY THAT MAKES YOU RICHER"