IN HER ENGAGING memoir of 20th-century literary life, The Kindness of Strangers, Salka Viertel, a leading Austrian actress, recounts her first American encounter. In 1928, she and her husband, writer-director Berthold Viertel, had been invited to dinner in Berlin by a visiting columnist, Dorothy Thompson, who happened to be the fiancée of Sinclair Lewis.
The Russo–Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy review — the first draft of history
John Simpson An impressive account of the origins and early stages of Russia's invasion of Ukraine At the time of writing this review, we still await the big Ukrainian counter-offensive. On its success or failure...