Tonight's viewing: Kirill Serebrennikov's "Stalin's Funeral"

Tonight's viewing is Kirill Serebrennikov's "Stalin's Funeral". This documentary production is not only, nor even chiefly, about Stalin and his burial. It is about people living in terror, about the inner answers to the most painful questions, about the eternal matter of choice and, however grand it may sound, the historical fate of Russia. I would draw your attention to the words of Alexei Agranovich in the opening minutes of the performance, to the effect that this is not 1937, and invite you to ponder: is that really so?

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Tonight's viewing: Kirill Serebrennikov's "Stalin's Funeral"

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s