Novelist Essie Fox

Windsor is undergoing a cultural revolution. No, not a purge of the borough’s bourgeois elements in a reign of revolutionary terror – quite the opposite, in fact. What we’re witnessing is an artistic and literary explosion, complete with festivals, exhibitions and book swaps. And among those forging this great leap forward is Essie Fox, a […]

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Cry Freedom: Interview with North Korean defector Joo-Il Kim

North Korea is the nearest mankind has come to an Orwellian state. As the UN’s report into human rights abuses in the country so graphically confirmed, the majority of the population endure starvation and live with the threat of the gulag and public execution – while the elite, led by the young despot Kim Jong-un, […]

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