John Ellison offers an appreciation of ‘News from Nowhere’, by William Morris. Opening salvo There can be no denying that the content of News from Nowhere, the... Continue reading
John Ellison sketches out the life of Maxim Gorky, the righteous, relentless witness of the revolution who evoked the wretchedness and terror of living under Tsarist violence.... Continue reading
John Ellison discusses Alexander Blok’s great poem The Twelve, and its links to the Russian Revolution. I came fresh, utterly fresh, to the most famous poem by... Continue reading