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Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – what happens when we die

The Nobel prize winner pushes at the veil between this world and the next in the immersive tale of a solitary fisherman

The Guardian - UK

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 review – terrific riff on Tolstoy

The singing blows the roof off in this magnificently fun production of Dave Malloy’s musical, based on a section of War and Peace

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Murdoch family drama: mogul’s death could imitate art

Events in a US court reveal a story that rivals HBO’s Succession with a patriarch’s waning control, sibling rivalries and a media empire at stake

The Guardian - UK

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How Doodles Got A Russian Art Teacher Locked Up For 20 Years

Art teacher Daniil Klyuka believes the headmistress of the provincial Russian school where he worked reported him for doodling horns on pictures of officials in a newspaper.

International Business Times

Making friends with the enemy: what stories of soldiers’ unexpected battlefield meetings reveal about the trauma of war

James Brady, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the first world war, struggled to narrate the moment he was taken captive by German soldiers while serving on the western front. In the draft of his memoir, he crossed out and rewrote this section repeatedly.

The Conversation

A tale of unhappy families summons the fierce politics of Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” So begins Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, first published in 1878, the year Russia’s imperial war against the Ottoman Empire concluded – a war that had prompted international alarm about Russian expansionism and fomented internal unrest.

The Conversation

Exiled from Russia centuries ago, a religious group is on the edge of vanishing

Only about 100 Doukhobors remain in the tight-knit farming community in two remote mountainous villages

The Independent UK

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Seven Samurai at 70: the greatest action film of all time

Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, 1954’s Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Shichinin no Samurai), is a technical and creative watershed of the action genre and world cinema.

The Conversation

When Leftists Were Free Traders

In Pax Economica, historian Marc-William Palen chronicles the left-wing history of free trade.

Reason

The War in Ukraine Is Already Over—Russia Just Doesn't Know it Yet

A front-line report from the Kursk offensive reveals that in the battle for hearts and minds, Ukraine’s resolve outpaces Russia’s crumbling morale, signaling an inevitable conclusion.

Reason

Trump’s die-hard support may be explained by one of his most misunderstood character traits – ‘charisma’

Of all the questions confronting voters in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, few are as puzzling as the seemingly unwavering support for a political candidate deeply mired in embarrassing sex scandals and criminal business practices.

The Conversation

Syngenta CEO Jeff Rowe is incorporating AI and taking inspiration from timeless classics such as 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to help feed 8 billion people

Today Fortune speaks with Jeff Rowe to learn more about Syngenta's peculiar ownership structure, his farmer outfits and his love for the all-American John Deere.

Fortune

Groundbreaking Irish Writer Edna O'Brien Dead At 93

Tributes poured in on Sunday for Edna O'Brien, the radical Irish writer whose groundbreaking first novel "The Country Girls" was burned and banned in her native country, after her death at 93.

International Business Times

‘It was bad’: Alicia Vikander couldn’t get used to Jude Law’s ‘repulsive’ stench on Firebrand set

Actor wore a custom scent of ‘blood, faecal matter and sweat’ to get into character for his latest film

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Can’t wait to stream Prime Video’s Bridgerton rival My Lady Jane? Here are 3 more period dramas to watch now – and one has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Here are three period dramas to take you back in time while you wait to start streaming My Lady Jane on Prime Video next week.

Bored Panda

“Haven’t Spoken In 15 Years”: 50 People Reveal Why They Disowned Their Parents

"All happy families are alike," Leo Tolstoy wrote. "Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." The post “Haven’t Spoken In 15 Years”: 50 People Reveal Why They Disowned Their Parents first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Conversation

Campus protests are part of an enduring legacy of civil disobedience improving American democracy

They didn’t illegally camp out in local parks or on college campuses, as many protesters did across the U.S. recently. But back in 1773, the Boston Tea Partiers broke the law when they protested British Colonial taxes by throwing tea into Boston Harbor.

TV Tech

OTA Wireless Readies ATSC 3.0 Datacasting For Commercial Deployment (Part 1)

The Nexstar-Scripps joint venture has the pieces in place to create a new revenue stream from NextGen TV

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International Business Times

Ukraine Dismantles Soviet Monument To Friendship With Russia

Kyiv authorities on Tuesday began taking down a Soviet-era monument celebrating friendship with Russia -- more than two years into an invasion by Moscow which has cost tens of thousands of lives.

The Guardian - UK

Has it come to this? We must act now to save Birmingham’s culture from cuts

Austerity-hit Birmingham’s decision to stop funding the arts is a calamity for a city whose rich contribution to UK culture – from Tolkien to the Streets – is such a vital source of civic pride

The Hindu

Systems science for a better future

When economists and scientists with their incomplete understanding of the world become the guides of leaders and steer social and economic policies, the losers are common people and the environment

The Times of India

Happy Easter Sunday 2024: Quotes by famous poets, authors and celebrities on Easter

As the sun rises on Easter Sunday 2024, it's time to break out the pastel colours, gather with loved ones, and indulge in the delight of chocolate eggs – because Easter is here! Easter is more than just bunnies and baskets; it's a holiday steeped in custom and importance. Easter…

WEKU

U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich has now spent a whole year jailed in Russia

It's been a year since Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying allegations.

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

Paolo Taviani obituary

Acclaimed Italian film-writer and director who worked in tandem with his brother Vittorio for six decades

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