Mikhail Baryshnikov: ‘I know the other side of the coin. I was the son of an occupier’
In 1974, ballet star Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He talks about his cloak-and-dagger escape, war in Ukraine and Russian oppression
In 1974, ballet star Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He talks about his cloak-and-dagger escape, war in Ukraine and Russian oppression
Making extensive use of archives, the author gives fresh details of what was going on behind the scenes during pivotal moments in 20th-century history
Malevich, Kandinksy, Tatlin, Popova and others threw themselves into the revolution with the commitment of a Lenin or Trotsky
Reviewing works by Diego Marani, François-Marie Luzel, María Bastarós, Sasha Salzmann and Anna Stern
European Union’s approach to an issue such as Gaza has been characterised more by member state division than unity
Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people
Fintan O’Toole: The centenarian embodies, perhaps more than anyone else, the failure of the United States to learn the moral lessons of the 20th century’s most catastrophic depravities
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the remarks were ‘unacceptable’
‘China has sided with Russia, politically’ says Lithuanian foreign minister
Dan Stone tracks across history and geography to unsettle easy, congratulatory cliches about anti-Semitism. He mines the shameful mass complexity of a humanity that actively permitted the Holocaust to happen
Lisa McGee’s show paid homage to a time when the music was better, the politics were more hopeful and the clothes were, well, different
Legation critical of extremism personified by fascist collaborators during second World War
Critics point to commercial links as one reason for silence on Putin’s war in Ukraine
Shock over Ukraine has seen decades-old Swedish scepticism about Nato melt away
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices