Anthony Atkinson's book as a symbol of deceptive hope We continue to discuss the “inequality” - the text of Anthony B. Atkinson, who devoted a life to the struggle with the ever -increasing gap between the income of the poor and the rich. He sees salvation in the expansion of social programs. However, economist Yuri Kuznetsov is confident that the modern social state - as an idea and as a world dream - will soon be forced to change. He talks about this with Gorky.

From church shop to hum: the circle of reading Russian retail Gorky continues the cycle of materials about the practices of reading different social and professional groups: in past issues, one could find out about the Ural workers, prisoners, authors of the translite almanac, punk, bartenders, football players. Today, on the eve of the Trade Day, we talk about the circle of reading Russian sellers.

Six ways to sell yourself as the ideal owner of a bookstore “After lunch, he drove to his parents for a rifle and shot Kindle [an electronic book issued by Amazon.com. - approx. Ed.]. I felt extraordinary satisfaction. He made a wooden heraldic shield from an old tray, attached a shot Kindle to him and hung it in a store. ” So Sean Baytell, the owner of the Book Shop Bukinistic store in the small Scottish city of Wigtown, began creating his own image - a kind of doctor House from book trade.

Male suit as a symbol of civilization Will the world really become different at the moment when the male suit will radically change? Together with the fashion historian, Magan Virtanen “Gorky” thinks over the text of Christopher Bruard “Costume: Style, Form, Function”, compares it with the ideas of Ann Hollander, the author of the book “Paul and costume” (the first edition - 1994), and tries to predict the future. Christopher Bruard. Costume: style, shape, function. M.: UFO, 2018.

The district utopia and things from the past are two books returning you to the USSR A children's crusade, the first totalitarian flash mob and a queue in childhood: Gorky talks about books dedicated to the Soviet lifestyle. Leonid Belovinsky. The daily life of man of the Soviet era. The subject world and social space. M: "Academic Project", 2017 Daria Dimke. An unforgettable future: Soviet pedagogical utopia of the 1960s. M.: Common Place, 2018 A grocery store on the outskirts of Moscow.

10 best goals in literature Gorky continues to publish a cycle of materials about football, today we will talk about the best goals from books - from Yaroslav Gashek and Vladimir Nabokov to Salman Rushdi and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Football was born in mud and laughter - as if it were a Renaissance street culture. It was Russian football exactly exactly a century began a quarter ago, at the Hippodrome of the Semenovsky parade ground in St.

The secret of romantic fantasy: new methods of consumption of text On the example of numerous publications of female romantic fantasy, the most popular genre of modern naive literature, “bitter” is affirmed in the idea that we have important social texts, and is trying to describe the rituals of reading literature, which has grown out of a fan fiction, dreams and “hidden” feminism, which in Russia is matriarchial.

Can a book be considered garbage? We continue a series of materials about garbage and culture. We already talked about books that tell how garbage changes the world. Today we are talking about the fate of the discarded book. Books are still persistently anthropomorphic - they have a human fate. They are described by humanoid cultural metaphors. There is a main book, a book god, in the image and likeness of which each of them is created.

Gorky and rockets At the folk naming competition of the latest Russian weapons, the names “Poseidon”, “Peresvet” and “Petrel” won. “Petrel”, we are sure, a literary bird, comes from the “Songs of the Petrel” by Maxim Gorky. He is returned to the actual context with the energy of public memory and became part of the new Russian triad. Evgenia Pishchikova - about the adventures of folk naming.

Why do we need New Year? Analysis of the holiday from Evgenia Pishchikova New Year in the USSR. 70s. Photo: RIA Novosti One person on one new year was forced to stay at night in the office in the very-sample center of the city. And early in the morning - and morning after the New Year's Eve is always wonderful: empty, transparent, obscured - he went to the subway and suddenly heard strange sounds. Delicate, puppy, crystal ringing, not stopping for a second.

How Golyanovo knew itself thanks to the Italian beauty Photo: Reuters The Italian actress Ornella Muti registered in an apartment of 30 square meters on Khabarovsk Street in Golyanov; The registration is temporary, it is necessary to obtain Russian citizenship. Here, in fact, is the whole event picked up by news ribbons. And the journalists were looking for a house, let a copter with a camera over it, he flew over a flat roof - and why?

Life of city rumors in the era of social networks What have been talked about in the city recently? They talked about chewing gum, which drug dealers give out near schools to children. Facebook rose, information materials in the lungs began to be published (“Father was numb when I saw that the“ orbit ”pillow was repaired by heroin”) publications; Heavy, federal significance, for example, “Russian newspaper” - made moralistic notes.

About the book that has it all Probably, Ira Ozernaya likes to walk - I did not ask her about it. But her book is called “In the course of life” (Library of the “Jerusalem Journal”, Jerusalem), and she calls her poems sti-steps, from the word “steps”. And at least she makes her own steps, unlike many of us who never learn to walk, but prefer life to carry. No, Ira is herself, and her roads are not always comfortable.

In Moscow, in the art space DI Telegraph, a multimedia exhibition “Frida Kahlo. Living canvases» In Moscow, in the art space DI Telegraph, a multimedia exhibition “Frida Kahlo. Living canvases. Multimedia exhibitions that have become popular in Moscow in recent years are always written in a peculiar tone, with the enthusiasm of a person faced with progress: “40 high-resolution projectors, 7 m high monitors and 40 kW of surround sound will send visitors…” Where projectors will send visitors ?

I have been following her for many years, she is my hero. Did she stand in line to the belt of the Virgin? Did you take a loan? Did you go to the polls? Will he go now? Photo: Mikhail Mikhailov, especially for Novaya Gazeta Recently on Facebook I saw a photo. It was called "tired of beauty." On a wide marble museum bench, a girl fell asleep about five years old - the most perfect of Putti. Kudri, sandals.