Top Russian publisher rejects accusations of 'LGBT extremism' following police probe

Top Russian publisher rejects accusations of 'LGBT extremism' following police probe

By&nbspEmma De Ruiter&nbsp&&nbspYulia Schneider Published on 22/04/2026 – 17:07 GMT+2 Russian publishing house Eksmo has confirmed that its CEO Yevgeny Kapiev and three other employees are being questioned as part of a “criminal case on extremism” over the publication of books “dealing with LGBT themes.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a statement, Eksmo said the probe was…

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The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis review – one of the boldest writers at work in English today

The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis review – one of the boldest writers at work in English today

The Shadow of the Object, the new novel from Mexican-American author Chloe Aridjis, opens with an eruption of violence: Flora, a fortysomething woman, is visiting her mother and stepfather in Mexico City for the first time in many years when one evening, as she is bidding them goodnight, Diego – the household’s beloved guard dog – springs…

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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)

The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)

Together with his cane, his well-known waxed mus­tache, and his behavior of tak­ing unusu­al ani­mals for walks, Sal­vador Dalí would seem to have cul­ti­vat­ed his personal pho­tographa­bil­i­ty. However tak­ing a pic­ture of the person who stood as a liv­ing def­i­n­i­tion of pop­u­lar sur­re­al­ism was­n’t a job to be approached casu­al­ly — espe­cial­ly not for Philippe…

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