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Date
31 January 2019 - 11:02

'Translators think structurally' – Denis Beznosov, poet and translator

Denis Beznosov is Head of the Cultural Project Department at Russian State Children's Library. He spoke about translating poetry, and what children and young people are reading in Russia.

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Literature
'These are not trivial, one-note bad guys.' Image (c) c. paras, licenced under CC-BY 2.0, and adapted from the original.
Date
26 October 2016 - 08:59

Why we can't get enough of Shakespeare's villains

Why do audiences adore Shakespeare's 'baddies', despite their dastardly deeds? We asked Shakespeare expert Alexey Bartoshevich.

Tags
Shakespeare, Education, Literature, Arts
Alisa Ganieva initially published her prize-winning long story under a male pen name. Image (c) Imam Guseynov.
Date
12 April 2016 - 15:45

Why did a young female Russian novelist pretend to be a man?

Award-winning young Russian writer Alisa Ganieva published her first long story under a secret male pen name. She told us why.

Tags
Literature, Arts
On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut to fly to space. Photo (c) Allan Lee, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
23 October 2015 - 10:27

Elena Gagarina remembers her father, the first man in space

Marking the 50th anniversary of the the first man in space, Elena Gagarina, Yuri Gagarin's elder daughter gave a rare interview about the private life of her father.

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Science
Can digital art be called art? Screenshot from YouTube video by Dezeen / British Council Arts
Date
27 February 2015 - 09:59

Can digital art be called art?

Digital art has been around since the 1950s in the UK. We spoke to 15 Folds about the growing impact of digital art on the museum and gallery sector in the UK,

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Arts, Visual Arts, Technology
Ralph Fiennes interview in Russia; photo courtesy of Russian TV show 'Vecherniy Urgant'
Date
07 November 2014 - 04:38

Ralph Fiennes: 'Directing Coriolanus was daunting'

Ralph Fiennes needs no introduction. The director and actor has been promoting his new film. The British Council's Anna Safronova related questions from our Facebook fans in Russia.

Tags
Film, Theatre, Arts, Literature
''Learning Russian has opened up a beautiful and complex country for me.'
Date
26 September 2014 - 12:18

Russian: beautiful, complex, and a window onto the unknown

We turn to Russian in the eighth post of our series on the ten languages essential for the UK's future.

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Publications, Work outside the UK, Study outside the UK
What's the future of English? Photo (cropped; levels adjusted) of dictionaries by John Keogh on Flickr under Creative Commons licence
Date
13 June 2014 - 10:19

What's the future of English?

David Crystal described ‘the future of Englishes’ and the evolution of global varieties of English across the world.

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English language
Still from 'The Golden Age of the Russian avant-garde' exhibition. Copyright: Central Exhibition Hall, Manege, Moscow
Date
14 April 2014 - 17:24

Peter Greenaway exhibition brings Malevich to life

‘The Golden Age of the Russian Avant-Garde’ exhibition animates art from Russia’s influential avant-garde movement, as the British Council’s Keira Ives-Keeler explains.

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Arts, Film
Akram Khan’s latest work iTMOi (In the Mind of Igor) will travel to Russia as part of the programme; photo © J Louis Fernandez
Date
14 November 2013 - 15:43

Prepare for the UK - Russia Year of Culture 2014

2014 is the UK-Russia Year of Culture, a great opportunity for the two countries to come together and find out about each other’s cultures outside the media.

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Arts
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