“Mobilised literature” in Tbilisi

I am currently in the Georgian capital, participating in the Tbilisi International Festival of Literature. The subject of the festival is protest — a very timely topic in Georgia with national elections just weeks away….



Review: Assassin Eighteen, by John Brownlow

An observation: If the first book in a series is called “Agent Seventeen”, wouldn’t the sequel be called something like “Agent Eighteen”? A minor quibble. The important thing to note is that the second in…




At Karl Marx’s grave

Last weekend, as part of our wedding celebration, we invited guests from all over the world to come to Highgate Cemetery and to visit the grave of Karl Marx. (Doesn’t everyone do this?). Here is…



Ukraine can still win this war

For some time now, the consensus in the mainstream media in Britain and elsewhere has been that Ukraine has effectively lost the war with Russia. Slowly and methodically, Russian troops have taken village after village…