Report from Culture Matters: The Euro Stars Debate by Judith Vonberg One rainy Wednesday at the end of April, a group of people gathered for an evening of wine, readings and conve
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I could call my grandmother cosmopolitan, since she has visited virtually every corner of the globe and everywhere felt immediately at home. But not every citizen of the world is l
I didn’t stop anywhere. As I walked steadily towards the centre it struck me that it had been far too long since I’d last had lunch at home. I began an inner conversation, the
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A. L. Kennedy was born in Dundee in 1965. She is the author of 17 books: 6 literary novels, 1 science fiction novel, 7 short story collections and 3 works of non-fiction. She is a
Misha Glenny is an award-winning writer and broadcaster whose specialist areas include Cyber Security, Global Organised Crime, the Balkans, Russia, Brazil as well as big picture in
Noémi Szécsi‘s first novel, The Finno-Ugrian Vampire (2002), was so popular it was reprinted in 2003 and again in 2011. A script based on it was shortlisted by the Sundance
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