Svetlana Alexievich is Belarus’ only Nobel Laureate – but the exiled journalist’s work is suppressed within her own country.
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What does the wealth of books, documentaries and dramas about the Chernobyl disaster tell us that history alone cannot?
Documentary or drama? The HBO/Sky series is gripping watching, but sometimes facts make way for artistic licence.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse has documented heart-rending testimonies and elicited shattering revelations. But how does a society witness itself failing at its most fundamental duty?
The favourite in the betting won has almost every single US presidential election since 1868 and more recently the Academy Awards. But how well can the market predict the Nobel Prize winners?
The Belarussian is a worthy winner, but the Nobel is getting further and further away from its lofty origins.
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