How residential premises were arranged in medieval castles Joseph and Francis GIS is one of the most popular books about the everyday life of the Middle Ages, which first published in 1974, but relevant today, for example, the creators of the Game of Thrones, were one of the most popular books. We publish an excerpt from this work now available in Russian. Starting from February 24, 2022, we were all in the face of the advancing barbarism, violence and lies.

How to read "Secret Confession", Gothic masterpiece of James Hogg “The Secret Confession and Memoirs of the Justified Sinner” is a masterpiece of Gothic literature, written by Scotsman James Hogg (1770-1835) and seriously influenced his compatriot Robert Louis Stepenson, and then on the “dark” literature of the 20th century. Eduard Lukoyanov says what to pay attention to the reader of this novel, finally translated into Russian.

Interview with philologist Alexei Lyubzhin Voltaire, one of the most influential thinkers and writers of his time, today does not use reader interest: his works seem lifeless, and the worldview is hopelessly outdated. Is this true?