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Andrew McConnell & Adam Marek
Andrew McConnell
Andrew McConnell is an Irish photographer. He has covered the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, life under Robert Mugabe, electronic waste in Ghana and the ongoing occupation of Western Sahara. He is represented by Panos Pictures.
More about the author →Adam Marek
Adam Marek is the author of two short-story collections, Instruction Manual for Swallowing and The Stone Thrower. His work has appeared on Radio 4 and in many anthologies, including The Penguin Book of the British Short Story.
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Lifetimes of the Soviet Union
Yuri Slezkine
‘Bolshevism, like most millenarian movements, proved a one-generation phenomenon.’
Yuri Slezkine on Soviet history and the generational arc of revolution.
Plainsong
Suzie Howell & A. K. Blakemore
‘Postures of graceful receptivity, or surrender. How do we tell the difference?’
A.K. Blakemore introduces Suzie Howell’s photographs.
One Day It Will all Make Sense
Tabitha Lasley
‘It occurs to me then that he has not invited me for dinner, but my alter ego from the page.’
Tabitha Lasley on writing and dating.
We’re Not Really Strangers
Sama Beydoun
‘The people I’ve photographed made Beirut liveable.’
Sama Beydoun photographs the nightlife of Beirut.
Two Poems
Collin Callahan
‘He twists biblical spliffs. / Curtains warble in the television light.’ Two poems by Collin Callahan.