Tag: Odesa

After a long day’s travel I found my apartment. I had chosen it because it was two kilometres from the coast, far enough I hoped, to be less vulnerable to Russian drones. It was a solid timeworn two-storey block with a central courtyard typical of the early nineteen-hundreds. Inside it bore none of the curation…

There are layers of reasons why I felt compelled to travel to Odesa in August last year – reasons I didn’t fully understand at first. It began with rational, altruistic motives. I had supported Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion, and I suppose I had invested a great deal of personal feeling into condemning…