In the recluse of his study under the watchful eye of the 'vozhd'.Courtesy of the Scheffer-Voskressenski familyStalin’s terror and purges of the 1930s discouraged any Soviet official from putting a pen to paper, let alone keep a personal diary. The sole exception is the extraordinarily rich journal kept by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador...
'I will proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please.'Benedikte Vanderweeën, CC BY-SADanny Boyle has announced that his next project will be a sequel to the breakout hit Trainspotting. Planned to be released next year to coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the original, what can we expect from the follow-up and...
shutterstock.comBaby boomers will be the last generation to have good pensions. Having started work between around 1960 and the mid-1980s, older members of this group are mostly retired and even the youngest are in their 50s and likely to retire in the near future. Their well-off position is no thanks to their own doing, however. But –...
Anthony Quintano/Flickr, CC BYBack in 1839, public health expert J F Murray published his article The Lungs of London, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. Even then, city dwellers appreciated the advantages of open, green spaces. Murray described the benefits of the parks of London as “great vehicles of exercise, fresh air, health, and...
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