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From her first televised encounter with Garry Kasparov at the age of seven to leading the UK Schools’ Chess Challenge today, Sarah Longson has lived a remarkable chess life. Once a prodigy, now a pioneer, she has transformed her passion…

London is preparing to welcome one of the most beloved actresses of the Russian-speaking world — Liya Akhedzhakova, who will appear on stage as Esfir, a seamstress and grandmother, in the play My Grandson Benjamin, brought to London by Bird…

Alexander Panchin’s lecture at the Mason Leasure Theatre was completely sold out. Open public lectures are a popular format, and it’s easy to see why: the speaker, striving to convey the essence of their thoughts, often uses vivid, unexpected, and…

In the heart of the counterculture era, ANTHONY FAWCETT was a youthful curatorial assistant to John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Today, a renowned art critic and socialite, he remains a mysterious figure—one of the few holdovers from the old guard…

Dima Zitzer — director, educator, founder of the INO Institute for Informal Education and the private school “Orange” — has staged the play Frau.Rehearsal. The play was written by journalist and playwright Artur Solomonov, and both roles are performed by…

Beloved contemporary children’s poet and author Masha Rupasova hardly needs an introduction. It seems there’s hardly a Russian-speaking child today who doesn’t recognize the line: “What were you doing, Grandma, in the days of your youth?” Rupasova spoke to us…

Actor Nikolai Mulakov performed in the play Vanya Is Alive! by Natalia Lizorkina at the Edinburgh Fringe, and this work, directed by Ivanka Polchenko, has become one of the most striking statements about the war in the past two and…

Ivan Vyrypaev is a playwright, director, actor, and teacher. He headed the “Praktika” theater and was one of Russia’s most sought-after playwrights. Today, he writes, directs, and runs the “Teal House” Integral Development Fund in Poland, which he created with…