Person: Anne Applebaum

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Book review: Stark, shuddering story of polarised world should be a wake-up call

The sense of deepening threat and myriad charges of complicity and naivety levelled at liberal democracies likes ours are profoundly disturbing

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Book that challenges concepts on autism wins award

A book that challenges readers to think differently about autism has won Britain’s leading literary award for nonfiction.

Wed, 04 Nov, 2015

Brave words broke taboos and shook Soviet empire

WHEN Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich appeared in the literary magazine Novy Mir back in November 1962, taboos were shattered. Secrets were unearthed. And the Soviet Union was shaken to its foundations.

Tue, 05 Aug, 2008

Rather than admit it was wrong about Mugabe, Europe made excuses instead

A FRIEND spent the weekend in Prague and came across open-air stalls in the side streets where they sell old Soviet memorabilia.

Mon, 30 Jun, 2008

Pulitzer prizes awarded in US

STORIES of oppression both in the United States and abroad have been rewarded with Pulitzer Prizes in New York.

Wed, 07 Apr, 2004