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Tag Archives: Ukraine
United For Ukraine
One of the largest creative agencies in the UK has launched an advertising campaign supporting the rebuilding of Ukraine through #united24 The Pablo Agency, has created retro-style tourist posters that invite you to Ukraine. They show historical buildings and tourist … Continue reading
Keep Books Alive In Ukraine
A group of writers and booksellers (Carolyn Forche, Mitchell Kaplan, Christopher Merrill, Askold Melnyczuk, and Jane Unrue) have partnered with the Coral Gables Foundation to raise funds for direct support to booksellers, editors, printers, warehouse workers, libraries and librarians, and … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Books, Writing, Museums, Libraries
Tagged Bookselling, Russia, Ukraine
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When a bookaholic meets a bibliophile
I recently discovered this wonderful illustration titled Bookaholic and Bibliophile. Created by Ukrainian artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, it features two charming, whimsical creatures embracing each other while maintaining engagement with their books. Cat-like and bird-like, one in high … Continue reading
Kyiv Forever
With all of the horrendous news coverage from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the brutal devastation of its cities and town it’s easy to forget that just a short time ago it was a normal European nation. The wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Film, Photography, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Kiev, Kyiv, tiltshift, Time-lapse photography, Ukraine
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Never Again Is Now
The “Never Again Gallery” project is an online effort by 20+ Ukrainian artists that uses the similarities between the visual campaigns that persuaded people in Allied nations during WWII and the messaging we see daily today regarding Russia’s invasion of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History
Tagged poster art, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine, World War II
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Life’s More Enduring Than War
Life’s More Enduring Than War When the water runs out, light fades, frost falls, and the firmament freezes over, we won’t stoop to prose. Тhe grasses, dry and stiff, have not yet grown above us. Until the words run out, … Continue reading
Orwell, Animal Farm and Ukraine
In 1946, Ihor Szewczenko ,who was a linguist who had been editing pocket-sized Ukrainian-English dictionaries for refugees in displaced persons camps in Germany, wrote to George Orwell requesting permission to translate Animal Farm into Ukrainian. He explained that his Ukrainian … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Animal Farm, George Orwell, Ukraine
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Mapping Ukraine
Regular visitor to Travel Between The Pages know that I have a healthy obsession with maps. In my humble opinion, it’s impossible to truly understand the world without well drawn maps to guide the way. Throughout the current crisis in … Continue reading
Art Against War
The 4th Block is an association of Ukrainian artists and designers that is focused on social justice and environmental issues. It was founded in 1991 by graphic designer Oleg Veklenko after his personal experience dealing with the Chernobyl nuclear plant … Continue reading
Is History Repeating
The pamphlet Plight of Ukrainian DPs : a few typical letters of many being received daily from Europe describing the tragic plight of Ukrainian displaced persons whom the Soviets would forcibly repatriate and doom to enslavement, persecution or death, was published in … Continue reading
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