For all my family and friends. To write, or not to write. A Christmas reflection or newsletter, that is. This year has been so busy that I have sadly neglected many people – I’m sorry. I think of you all when I wake up in the small hours, and am consumed with guilt. So, I […]Read Post ›
The Russian military has a long list of failures since their invasion of Ukraine began on February 24th. We are almost five months removed from that … To Have & Not To Hold – The Final Fight For Luhansk (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #135)
This past week, Alexei Gorinov, a municipal deputy in an outlying district of Moscow, was sentenced to seven years in prison for denouncing Russia’s … Words of War – Vladimir Putin’s Special Military Operation (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #129)
Fear has a way of focusing the mind, that praise never does. Some philosophers have gone so far as to call fear the greatest of motivators. When it … Fear or Failure – The Consequences of Russian Victory (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #126)
I used to marvel at the names of conflicts such as the Hundred Years’ War and the Thirty Years’ War. Their names showed just how long wars could last… The Days & Lives Are Numbered – Russia’s Campaign In Luhansk Province (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #124)
As the war in Ukraine continues to grind on, there has been one Eastern European nation notably absent from much of the news cycle. The Baltic states… Waging War On The Soviet Legacy – Latvia Revises History (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #122)
The longer the Ukraine-Russia War goes on, the harder it becomes to remember a time before the war started. The Russian plan to take Kyiv within 72 … Putin’s Nightmare – Finland & Sweden In NATO (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #119)
Vladimir Putin never misses an opportunity to remind the world of his regime’s vile nature. Just when Kyiv had been restored to some sense of … Wake Up Call – The G7, Vladimir Putin & Russia (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #117)
21st May 2022 A few weeks ago I received this invitation to attend a book launch and exhibition of ceramics, both by the artist Elizabeth Stanhope, as she is known in English speaking circles. I have written about her before, when I was writing a profile of her for the Polish Ball, to which she […]Read Post ›
Napoleon’s One Hundred Days were effectively ended at the Battle of Waterloo. Defeat at the battle signaled the end of his military and political … The Hundred Days – Ukraine & Russia Between Victory & Defeat (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #88)
Life Through Basia's Eyes 