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Articles by Grace Cuddihy

Painting the Town Green: Ambassador McDaid on Irish-Russian Relations

After a career of exciting and far-flung postings — from Brezhnev's Soviet Union to Saddam Hussein's Iraq — Irish Ambassador Adrian McDaid never...

Retro Glamour, Martinis at Hitchcock Film Fest

Fans of legendary British film director Alfred Hitchcock are in for a treat this week, as the British Council's "Hitchcock 9" festival is due to run...

Book Review: Shteyngart's Memoir Personifies Russian Immigrant Experience in U.S.

Fans of writer Gary Shteyngart might have been scratching their heads in confusion upon hearing of the release of his memoir "Little Failure."

Muscovites Turn Green For Irish Week

Have you noticed Moscow's looking a bit greener these days? Moscow Irish Week is currently underway, lasting from March 12 to 23, coinciding with St...

Dovlatov Revival Hits the Streets of New York City

"I said to the bus driver 'I'd like to send my wife to Leningrad.' He replied: 'I sympathize. I'd like to send mine to Kamchatka. Or to the moon...

Culture Ministry to Support New Literary TV Shows

At a press conference on Feb. 12, minister Vladimir Medinsky announced that the Culture Ministry would support to a number of television productions...

Strippers and Sanatoria Beyond Sochi's Glamour

With the 2014 Winter Olympics due to begin Friday in Sochi, the eyes of the world are firmly trained on Russia's restive and unstable North Caucasus...

Pussy Riot and Putin Nominated for NME Awards

They might not have much in common, but both Pussy Riot and President Vladimir Putin may both soon be holders of NME awards. The shortlist of nominees...

Kurkov's 'The Gardener from Ochakov' Falls Short

Like most fans of Ukrainian writer Andrei Kurkov, I have been waiting for a long time. Waiting, in vain, for him to match the brilliance of his...

What to Do for Halloween in the Capital

Double, double toil and trouble — Halloween is upon us and there is plenty to do in Moscow for those who want a thrill this holiday weekend.

Brodsky Criticizes His Contemporaries From Beyond the Grave

A previously unheard interview with Nobel-prize-winning Soviet poet Joseph Brodsky has been published on the web portal, Colta.ru. The interview took...

Muscovite Builds Record-Breaking Jesus Statue in Syria

A bronze statue of Jesus Christ, taller than the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, has appeared in war-torn Syria. The statue...