James Meek
@_jamesmeek
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http://www.jamesmeek.net 27-02-2014 08:58:09
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I'm really thrilled to have received a The British Academy fellowship to research Ukraine's multicultural literary heritage! And very grateful to all at UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies, UCL Research and especially to Vitaly Chernetsky for supporting the project.
‘If you pay a landlord £1000 a month in rent, and he, after months of pleading, does a £50 bodge-job on your broken boiler, is he “investing” in the flat in an exciting way that’s great news for Britain?’
James Meek on the trouble with Thames Water:
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…
‘There is of course a theoretical chance that Europe and the US will get round to sending Ukraine the ammunition it needs before it’s too late. But they aren’t going to send soldiers.’
James Meek on the future of Ukraine:
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…
Impressed by this comprehensive look at the TV industry and the so-called end of the so-called “Golden Age of TV” by James Meek on the London Review of Books podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/37vC7S…
More than 19,000 Ukrainian children have been reportedly taken by Russia. The New York Times looks at the few who made it back and details how Russia took them under the guise of a “rescue” and tried to turn them against Ukraine and make them loyal to Russia. nytimes.com/interactive/20…