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Moscow 3 months ago

Niall Ferguson on Brexit, Russia, and the Age of Unpredictability

Niall Ferguson on Brexit, Russia, and the Age of Unpredictability

Moscow 3 months ago

Scottish-born U.S. resident Niall Ferguson is an illustrious and compelling historian for the media age. Currently Professor of History at Harvard University, he will soon decamp to the Hoover Institution think tank ...

Moscow 6 months ago

Andrew Davies' New 'War and Peace' Takes the Small Screen by Storm

Andrew Davies' New 'War and Peace' Takes the Small Screen by Storm

Moscow 6 months ago

British screenwriter Andrew Davies is television's best English literature lecturer. He introduced homicidal British Prime Minister Francis Urquhart to BBC viewers in the "House of Cards" trilogy between 1990 and 1995.

Moscow 9 months ago

When Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev Changed the World

When Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev Changed the World

Moscow 9 months ago

Just published in Britain is Charles Moore's second volume of his three-part authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher subtitled "Everything She Wants."

Moscow 9 months ago

Michael Palin on Russia, A Place Where the Rules Don't Apply

Michael Palin on Russia, A Place Where the Rules Don't Apply

Moscow 9 months ago

Today Michael Palin may be known first of all as one of the comic group Monty Python, but he may go down in history for his writing. He is now touring Britain ...

Moscow 11 months ago

Marber and Turgenev Take London Stage by Storm

Marber and Turgenev Take London Stage by Storm

Moscow 11 months ago

It has been 20 years since British writer Patrick Marber's first play, "Dealer's Choice," was staged at London's Royal National Theatre. 1995 was also the year he was famously "shot dead live" ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Rifkind Tells Story of Gorbachev's First Meeting With Margaret Thatcher

Rifkind Tells Story of Gorbachev's First Meeting With Margaret Thatcher

Moscow 1 year ago

Just over 30 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The next day, The Times of London ran an editorial entitled "Mr Gorbachov's Hour" ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Lebedev Discusses Gorbachev, Russia-West Ties

Lebedev Discusses Gorbachev, Russia-West Ties

Moscow 1 year ago

Evgeny Lebedev, owner of London's Evening Standard and national paper The Independent, is the most accessible of Britain's media owners and the most unusual.

Business 1 year ago

Sanctions Haven't Killed Russians' Love for London

Sanctions Haven't Killed Russians' Love for London

Business 1 year ago

Britain has been one of the most aggressive lobbyists for sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine. But as that crisis has unwound into tit-for-tat trade barriers between Russia and the ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Hollywood Hopefuls To Debut in Moscow

Hollywood Hopefuls To Debut in Moscow

Moscow 1 year ago

Fall is the time when Hollywood starts to release its big guns, the films they hope will eventually do well in the awards season.

Moscow 2 years ago

Paxman on Russia, World War I and 'Hot Money'

Paxman on Russia, World War I and 'Hot Money'

Moscow 2 years ago

“A scourge of obfuscating politicians, Mr. Paxman is renowned for his refusal to accept waffling or platitudes from lawmakers” is how The New York Times described British television news presenter Jeremy Paxman ...

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