Easter fire descends on Lyadiny

Matilda Moreton 16 May 2013

A disastrous fire in the 18th century Lyadiny ensemble has resulted in the destruction of one of the two churches and the belltower. Wooden churches are very vulnerable, but all too often the situation is compounded by neglect and indifference, says Matilda Moreton

The death of the Russian village

MATILDA MORETON

Image: Matilda Moreton. Some rights reserved.

Diversity and uniformity in the Eurozone - making a united Europe work

ARISTOS DOXIADIS

Underpinning the Euro crisis is a collection of mismatches, of cultures, institutions, expectations and norms between varied European actors and, critically, debtors and creditors. Europe will not survive without unification to smoothe and manage these differences, but it need not be as painful or depowering as many currently argue. There is a positive, optimistic side to greater union. 

The International Criminal Court and the Arab World

MARYAM JAMSHIDI

The ICC’s recent adventures in the Middle East and North Africa have furthered criticisms about its biased political tendencies.

"But you told me I could, Sir". Bob Diamond's "bent for the job" defence

TONY CURZON PRICE

Bob Diamond, ex-Barclays chief, defends himself by saying he got a nod and a wink from the Bank of England and the Treasury, all of whom were happy to see LIBOR fixing as a "noble lie". It wasn't. The lie just shows how ignoble was the system it sought to uphold.

After the Katastroika

PEPE EGGER

While European governments breathed a sigh of relief as their preferred candidates won, Syriza will continue to haunt both Greek and European politics as an advocate of a real alternative to EU-imposed austerity.

A culture of cultures

PETER JOHNSON

From banking to bad taste, the usual suspect when things go wrong is the culture of an organisation or group. Investigating and fixing cultures has become our main hope of salvation. But this is a convenient distraction from questions of moral responsibility, consequences, and of how people can take mature, constructive steps together to make things a bit better.

An Englishman's home is his castle - So long to our dream of ownership?

SAMIR JERAJ

In the Victorian era it was said that “An Englishman’s home is his castle”, but with an increase in social renters and hurdles to home ownership in the last century, Samir Jeraj asks is this goodbye to our dream of ownership?

This week's editor

Heather McRobie


Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

Europe from the bottom up

European Union stars in Paris. Flickr/notarim. Some rights reserved.

A new Europe can only come from the bottom up
Etienne Balibar

A social Europe must be a political Europe
Bo Stråth

As Europe is provincialized: a reply to Etienne Balibar
Sandro Mezzadra

European debate

More

Democratic Wealth

More

Nuclear non-proliferation

More

oDRussia at journalismfestival .com

More

Mali - the plot thickens

More

Remote control war

More

The media in Europe

More

Syndicate content