Shooting for the red stars: How the space race sent Soviet art to the cosmos
“Sorry Apollo!”
Communism
Communism’s unsung role in a defining period for British film censorship
A private society hosted banned films from the Soviet Union.
‘The Ballad of Stalin’: the British folk singer who wrote for the Communist Party
An essential figure…
When Warsaw went electric: The neonisation of Poland’s capital
Poland’s post-war government used neon signs to humanise modernist architecture.
Inside the Corner House: Latvia’s haunting former-KGB base
On the corner of two quiet streets in Riga…
Welcome to Stalin World, Lithuania’s provocative museum park
Grūtas Park is unlike any other attraction you’ve ever seen.
Views from Tirana: The world’s most underrated skyline
The world’s most interesting skyline is in Europe.
When John Wayne threatened a world leader: “I’m gonna knock him on his sorry fucking ass”
He didn’t want to play nice.
