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UNBELIEVABLE: Fyodor dostoevsky - The Untold Story

4 Classic Books That Teach Life Lessons No School Can

In today’s fast-paced world, the importance of digging deep into the fictional worlds created by great authors is increasing day by day. A lot of people think that reading fiction is an act to pass our free time. However, the truth is, great stories and novels can gift us priceless…

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Friday essay: ‘red flags’ and ‘performative reading’ – what do our reading choices say about us?

What do our reading choices say about us? When teaching creative writing and literature classes, I always ask my students about their favourite genres and current reading in the first week. It is a good way to get a sense of their interests, gauge how they will respond to set…

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Friday essay: I was enthralled by Crime and Punishment at 14. Rereading it after 60 years, I’m still awed

The old woman who once sliced our front garden hose with a knife has just walked past our home without pausing. Not long after the hose incident I confronted her with what she had done and she denied ever walking along our street, let alone cutting anyone’s hose, or even…

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‘It’s not just a book, it’s a window to my soul’: why we’re in love with literary angst

Why did an obscure Dostoevsky novella sell 100,000 copies in the UK last year? And why are TikTokers raving about a 1943 Turkish novel? The way young people are discovering books is changing – and their literary tastes reflect our times

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GTA 6: Trevor Actor Says He Feels 'Absolutely Nothing Inside' for Rockstar's Next Game

For Steven Ogg, voicing one of gaming's most unhinged characters was simply a job. Despite bringing Trevor Philips to life in GTA V, the actor has revealed he feels 'absolutely nothing inside' for the upcoming GTA 6.

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GTA 5 Trevor actor feels 'nothing inside' for GTA 6, challenges gamers to read Crime and Punishment: 'Books are my thing'

What up gamers it's your boy Rodion Raskolnikov here with another GTA 5 stream.

PC Gamer

Should we stop platforming Russian culture?

United24 has launched a campaign to stop Ukrainian ally nations from enjoying Russian culture, from its classical literature to theatre and cinema.

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Fyodor fever: how Dostoevsky became a social media sensation

White Nights, the author’s 1848 novella, sounds an unlikely candidate to go viral, but the story of lovelorn loneliness is now a favourite among TikTok and Instagram users

The Guardian - UK

The Russian Detective by Carol Adlam review – exquisitely illustrated celebration of early crime fiction

This richly evocative tale – part of a project drawing on the work of long-forgotten contemporaries of Dostoevsky – bears repeated readings

The Guardian - UK

Sunshine returns to St Petersburg: Claudine Doury’s best photograph

‘This was taken during the city’s White Nights festival. There were girls standing in the streets, eyes closed, arms outstretched. Others were singing, dancing and drinking champagne. This girl didn’t move for a long time’

The Guardian - UK

I put Doritos' new noise suppression tech to the test across 5 separate crisp brands and was appalled by the results

Much as I wish I could, I cannot recommend Doritos Silent for your next online gaming session.

PC Gamer

Bill Hader gets deep on human nature in ‘Barry’ final season

The HBO series begins its fourth and final season on Sunday, as the show’s titular hit man seeks to convince himself and others that he is ultimately a good person.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Hader gets deep on human nature in 'Barry' final season

“In every man, of course, a demon lies hidden – the demon of rage,” says the intellectual brother, Ivan, in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s, “The Brothers Karamazov,” a theme to which the Russian novelist frequently returns

The Independent UK

Wartime Ukraine erasing Russian past from public spaces

Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase Soviet and Russian influence from its public spaces by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honor its own artists, poets, soldiers and independence leaders

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Homophobia as a wartime marketing tool: Some Russians fear the West will make them gay

The Russian Book Union recently sent a letter to the Russian Duma, one of the chambers of the country’s parliament, expressing concern that a proposed bill expanding the scope of forbidden LGBTQ+ “propaganda” could lead to the banning of works of classic literature, including books by Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky,…

The Guardian - UK

Who borrowed her book titles from Dostoevsky? The Saturday quiz

From stingrays to sports bras, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Foreign Policy

From Pushkin to Putin: Russian Literature’s Imperial Ideology

Russian classical literature, chock full of dehumanizing nationalism, reads disturbingly familiar today.

The Conversation

Russian roulette in Ukraine: Is Vladimir Putin powerful, or just lucky?

Has Vladimir Putin amassed more power than anyone else in the world? Forbes magazine picked him as the world’s most powerful person three years in a row (from 2013 to 2015). A 2018 CNN documentary portrayed him in the same way.

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How should Dostoevsky and Tolstoy be read during Russia's war against Ukraine?

As someone who teaches Russian literature, I can’t help but process the world through the country’s novels, stories, poems and plays, even at a time when Russian cultural productions are being canceled around the world.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Everything Dostoevsky Did': A New Poetry Collection by Tarek Hashem

Egyptian poet Tarek Hashem has released his new poetry collection, "Everything Dostoevsky Did", inspired by the world of the legendary Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky and the cruelty, oppression, and abuse his characters lived.

The Guardian - US

Dumping vodka, banning Dostoevsky: some anti-Russian protests are empty gestures

From cracking down on cultural figures to renaming food, disgust with Putin risks shifting into xenophobia

Asharq Al-Awsat

Milan University Shocks Intellectuals by Suspending Dostoevsky Lectures

Bewilderment and confusion have descended on Italian cultural circles since Wednesday due to a decision taken by a prestigious university in Milan to suspend a series of teaching lectures that were to be given by the well-known writer Paolo Nori about Russian literary giant Fyodor Dostoevsky. Nori had published “It…

Tribune News Service

Russia-Ukraine war raises interest in Dallas bookstore’s unlikely collective read

DALLAS -- A few weeks ago, Interabang Books co-owner Lori Feathers organized a collective read of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s "The Brothers Karamazov."

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Elon Musk challenged Vladimir Putin to “single combat” for Ukraine

The world’s richest man ever is having quite the morning.

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