(By Marjorie Farquharson, The Ex-Moscow Information Officer) Introduction: The idea of setting up an AI information office arose out of … More
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Recruitment for the Moscow Information officer (March 1992)
By Marjorie Farquharson (Ex-Moscow Information Officer) Press work is a natural and important part of the Moscow job, as are … More
A brief note from Moscow (August 1991)
I’m definitely not into heroics, but see some real advantages in sitting tight for the time being. The balance of … More
Suffering Russia and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1997)
By Marjorie Farquharson I recently spent time in a Moscow hospital. The medicine was plentiful, the care round-the-clock, and as … More
From Marjorie’s Journal (1976)
I have been trying to make my notes as brief as possible for too long now, and so I shall … More
From Marjorie’s Diary (1984)
What one truly understands clearly articulates itself, and the words to say it come easily. * Sunday, 27 May 1984 … More
Marjorie
by Malcolm HASLETT (July 2020) I first met Marjorie in the early 1980s, when she was working for Amnesty – … More
The Ideology of Analytic Art and the Principle of Craftedness
by Pavel FILONOV (1883-1941) “Painting is the universally intelligible language of the artist.” A picture suggests a single conclusion, which … More
Reflexions on the Tripartite
by Marjorie FARQUHARSON (1976) The 1976 Tripartite Conference was held in the Quaker Centre at Ben Lomond, Northern California. This … More
Alexander Nekrich, “Rewriting History” (1980)
In 1965 a ten-volume edition of The History of the World, prepared by the Humanities Faculties of the Soviet Academy … More
Igor Golomshtok, “Russian Unofficial Art, A-Ya” (1980 review)
Igor GOLOMSHTOK, Russian unofficial art A-Ya, Nos 1 and 2 (each 60 pp). Published by Igor Schelkovski, Chapelle de la … More
Rukhnamania: Fantasies of a Dictator (2006)
An interview with Farid Tukhbatulin Following immense international pressure, Turkmen satirist Farid TUKHBATULIN was granted amnesty from three years in … More
Wanted: workers for the new Ministry of Truth
by Boris KAGARLITSKY (1993) Boris Kagarlitsky is a writer and member of the Party of Labour in Russia. In 1982 … More
“The Killer” by Mikhail Bulgakov
Doctor Yashvin snorted and asked with a strangely twisted smile: May I tear a page off the calendar? It`s exactly … More
The Caryatids Speak
by Marjorie FARQUHARSON (1980) The first feminist journal has appeared unofficially in the Soviet Union. It is called Zhenshchina i … More
Marjorie 