Maria Stepanova reading her poetry at Maria Stepanova (in Russian)

Interview with Canon Mark Oakley at Dante Alighieri

John Pilling on Samuel Beckett

Pushkin – Andrew Kahn

A tribute to all women murdered by violent men, Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný presents Drápa, a story of modern-day Nordic crime reimagined through Old Viking Skaldic verse, musically accompanied by members of ALDAorchestra. On a frozen January day in Reykjavik, 1988, 26-year-old Gréta Birgisdóttir was strangled to death by her husband Bragi Ólafsson. Ten years on, renowned Icelandic…