Phoebe Page is a postgraduate student of political sociology at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East-European Studies in London. A recent University of Cambridge graduate, she has lived in London and Kyiv and works part-time for the Ukrainian Institute London. This essay is titled "On which side?" You can read it in Ukrainian here.
On which side?
As if struck by lightning, the scorched bark splinters, twists and warps in horribly unnatural ways. It is terrible to look at. I realise this was probably the sculptor’s intention.
“I made this for Ukraine,” Peter tells me. Each summer the retired art teacher hosts an exhibition, and this year’s proceeds will go to a local charity supporting refugees.
