How not to write: The traps we all fall into and how to avoid them. 4/ Don't fake it Whenever I lecture creative writing students, I insist they remember one point even if they forget everything else I say. You can’t fake it. You can’t write a book you don’t believe in, and expect it to do well. The first person you must sell an idea to is yourself. If
Russia's murderous resentment: An interview with Orlando FigesWatch now (65 min) | Orlando Figes’s recently published The Story of Russia is an immensely generous book. The author of Natasha’s Dance and Russia: A People’s Tragedy has distilled a lifetime of scholarship into one short history. You can read it in a weekend and feel…
Can Ukraine destroy Putin? The case for optimism. Unlike the Second Gulf War of 20-years ago, the Ukraine conflict is meant to represent a triumph of Western intelligence. In February 2022, the Biden administration released classified information to warn a sceptical world that Russia was preparing to invade. And while we do…
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