Voices
Why do audiences adore Shakespeare's 'baddies', despite their dastardly deeds? We asked Shakespeare expert Alexey Bartoshevich.
Award-winning young Russian writer Alisa Ganieva published her first long story under a secret male pen name. She told us why.
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.
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,
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.
We turn to Russian in the eighth post of our series on the ten languages essential for the UK's future.
David Crystal described ‘the future of Englishes’ and the evolution of global varieties of English across the world.
‘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.
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.
What’s the point of designing buildings that may never be built? The British Council’s Alastair Donald explains the value of ‘paper architecture’.
