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VASIL POPADIUK: Unraveling the Phenomenon of the Virtuoso Violinist
A virtuoso violinist and Honored Artist of Ukraine, he flawlessly plays fifteen instruments, yet his heart belongs to the violin. He masterfully performs rock, jazz, classical, and folk music, interpreting the leitmotifs of such outstanding composers as Ennio Morricone, Petro Terpelyuk, Michel Legrand, and Al Di Meola. Every year, Vasyl gives around two hundred concerts, enchanting audiences around the world with his music
REVELATIONS IN SCIENCE: Blondlot’s N-Rays and the Prism in His Pocket
René Prosper Blondlot (1849–1930), a native of Nancy who graduated from the university in his hometown and later became a professor at his own alma mater, enjoyed an excellent, untarnished reputation and had numerous scientific achievements to his name. He became a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, founded by Colbert, and was awarded several prestigious scientific prizes. However, the discovery that brought him to the center of the scientific world’s attention was ultimately not confirmed, was debunked, and fell into obscurity. Yet it deserves to be remembered — it could have taught us a great deal…
ANGER KILLS THE HEART: Doctors Justify Religious Prohibition on «Strong Emotions»
Even brief outbursts of anger are far from harmless. You are irritated because you got up on the wrong side of the bed, got stuck in traffic, were rudely treated on the street, or your boss is nitpicking at work… In all these cases, experiencing even short-term anger harms your health
TO THE BIRTHDAY OF VLADYSLAV HORODETSKYI: the final resting place of the outstanding architect
He built structures across Ukraine but died homeless. He drove a convertible, traveled through Africa, soared into the sky with Sikorsky, and built for tobacco magnates, first-guild merchants, and Austrian entrepreneurs. In old age, he was forced to emigrate to Poland. He spent most of his conscious life in Kyiv — the greenest city of the empire — and found his eternal rest in Tehran
CHILDREN FIRST: The Personal Drama of Nataliya Zabyla
Nataliya Zabyla became widely known as the author of numerous poems, fairy tales, and novellas for children. Her works are distinguished by a vivid style, rich imagination, and pedagogical value. Zabyla became one of the founders of modern Ukrainian children’s literature, leaving behind a significant literary legacy
OH, LOVE: the last great Sultan and a girl from a Ukrainian village
Someone who knows the biography of Roxelana not from fashionable TV series, but from historical sources, it is almost impossible to tell beautiful tales about great love, to which even the sultans are obedient. It immediately becomes clear that in front of us is not a cute, charming girl but a vicious, cunning, and completely heartless monster, ready to do anything to survive
NEW FILM FROM THE DIRECTOR OF «THE GODFATHER»: reboot of the legendary Francis Coppola
His career consists of continuous ups and downs, universal adoration and envy. He made millions on some movies and lost them on others. The eternal favorite of fortune and eternal bankrupt, a restless romantic adventurer who managed to combine in his films artistic search and adherence to Hollywood genre traditions
BETWEEN KOLYMA AND GUILLOTINE: feminism that’s almost forgotten about
We like to repeat «Ukraine is Europe!» But do we correctly visualize the complex and non-obvious connections that unite Ukraine and Europe into one cultural space? For example, what do we know about the Ukrainian contribution to global feminism?
ON THE WAY TO HUMAN-MOUSE: why are scientists creating chimera animals
Ancient Greek myths have brought us the image of a strange creature with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake — Chimera. The word «chimeric» is commonly used to denote fiction, some unfulfilled idea. However, modern scientists, who have followed in the footsteps of the Lycian king Amisodarus, have learned how to create chimerical animals
NOTES FROM VIENNA: the image of art in the work of Jan Vermeer
The fate, content, and even the title of the painting «The Allegory of Painting» (1666–1668) are full of mysteries. The artist did not part with this painting until the end of his life. Philosopher Serhii Forkosh is interested in the act of depicting the image and the embodiment of the figurative in general in this painting. He will try, by following the realized images of the painting, to answer the question: How is an image possible? He universalizes the artist’s allegory to the level of the metaphysics of the image
DANGEROUS UKRAINIAN RELATIONSHIPS: philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in the land of love and freedom
Sixty years ago, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir visited Ukraine. Today, this event is mostly forgotten. But it proves once again how bizarre threads of fate sometimes connect different cultural worlds
BRITISH RESEARCHER JOHN TAGG: photography and power
Susan Sontag’s legacy — is mostly about good questions rather than definite answers. In the late 1980s, the British researcher John Tegg began to search for answers. Thirty years of concentration culminated in the book «The Burden of Representation: Essays on Photographies and Histories»