Then, in Donetsk, on the territory of the former factory, the literary-artistic and philosophical festival Isolation was held. There, I got acquainted with the interesting local intelligentsia, including the descendants of the forcibly deported Lemkos. After the Vistula, Lemkos were…
I recognize we are going through a historical time. Its results will not be limited by granting independence (autocephaly) to Ukrainian church. In actual fact, Tomos provided by the Ecumenical Patriarch means only the beginning of the self-governance for Ukrainian…
In childhood everything is simple, if you cleaned your room ‒ well done, you’re a polite kid. If you called Olenka a “frog” and used swear words in the presence of grandmother ‒ bad and impolite kid. And in adulthood,…
According to the statistics, the average consumer in developed countries buys 61% more clothes than 15 years ago, and the period of using things has halved on average. Moreover, in Britain, the average young woman considers clothing to be “old”…
The protagonist of the picture is a second-grader Artem (Maxym Luchak), who, together with his parents and elder sister (Ivanna Boroday) move to inherited from their grandmother Hutsul manor in the snowy Carpathians. A father (popular Polish actor Przemysław Cypryański)…
Just on Andrew, December 13, an active cyclone of southern origin will reign in Ukraine. This powerful atmospheric whirlwind, adding to the general mood of StAndrew’s celebration, decided to decorate our grey, sometimes abandoned, streets with white color. Therefore, today…
What am I getting at? The same analogy occurred to me from observing the flying spread of information all over our planet which has seemed so immensely big lately. The in-depth stories, the living space of people was even smaller,…
“Well… How is it better to say… Yura told me that someone Russian-speaking has come. Is it you? I crave to talk to somebody who will understand me. Come to the kitchen, I’ll treat you with coffee”. I wasn’t sure…
In my opinion, Orwell is not illustrative for us. Ukrainian reality has long been ahead of any writer’s fantasies regarding the level of absurdity. After all, the war is called hybrid precisely because the enemy came here in sheep’s clothing…
I love watching children at home and while traveling. I mentally compare them with my generation. Usually, they are different, someone creates some meanness, someone runs under my windows to try the first cigarette and starts coughing, and someone seriously…