Why Rome had no culture wars
The clash between Caesar and Cato offers lessons for today, but also reveals the gulf between modern and classical thought.
Source: newstatesman.com
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Four new historical fiction books that will pique your curiosity, hook you on the Mitfords and satisfy with a pitch-perfect ending
Anne Tyler, Amita Parikh, Elena Gorokhova and Eliza Knight offer new reads perfect for Mother’s Day giving
Source: toronto.com
'Butcher that elk, man!'... Russians and their weird stock market slang
Whenever Russians discuss the stock market on social media, curious words and phrases regularly pop up, such as лось (‘los’; ‘elk’) - which must often be зарезан (‘zarezat’; ‘butchered’), or a ракета (‘raketa’; ‘rocketship’) that must be boarded. Then there are the hilarious diminutive versions of Russian names...
Source: rbth.com
Short recollections of World War II
Brief recollections of World War II–by the son of a Soviet military leader and Left Oppositionist murdered by Stalin: Part 1 These recollections about the Nazi-Soviet war of 1941–45 were written by Yuri Primakov, who experienced the war as a teenager, and is now 94 years old. Yuri Primakov was born in 1927 and lives in Moscow. He was born into a revolutionary family. His mother, Maria Dovzhik, fought in the civil war but left the Bolshevik Party in 1922. His father, Vitaly Primakov, joined the Bolshevik in 1914. At age 19 he became a member of the Military Revolutionary Committee, which, ...
Source: wsws.org