‘Propaganda literature’: calls to close Mikhail Bulgakov museum in Kyiv
The Master and Margarita writer’s antipathy to Ukrainian nationalism has led to some demanding his old house be renamed or repurposed
March 2022
Five of the best books about Russia and Ukraine
As Russia wages war, the historian Orlando Figes offers a guide to the literature that illuminates the tensions and the myths of the region
November 2017
Books blog
Prescribed reading: Five of the best books by doctors
Top 10s
Top 10 talking animals in books
October 2017
Happiness is a salty potato – and other life lessons from Russian literature
Don’t trust a woman who wears too much perfume and know your limits – Viv Groskop on the 10 top tips Chekhov, Tolstoy and others have for us today
January 2017
Books of defiance
Mikhail Bulgakov's The Heart of a Dog still bites
This satire of life in the early years of the Soviet Union cost its author dear at the time and it has not lost its provocative power
September 2016
Books to give you hope
Books to give you hope: A Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov
Comfort can be found in the small adventures of a bumbling, anxious doctor because everything always turns out right in the end
June 2016
Reading group
Russian literature webchat – as it happened
Reading group
How did the Master and Margarita become Bulgakov's title characters?
Reading group
Satan and satire: sympathy for the devil in The Master and Margarita
Reading group
Reading group: The Master and Margarita is our book for June
May 2016
Children's books
10 songs you didn't know were inspired by literature
From David Bowie’s 1984 to Firework by Katy Perry, art imitates art in this selection of literature-inspired songs
October 2015
Books blog
Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?
Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them – plus our favourite literary links
August 2015
Top 10s
Top 10 dogs' stories
Heartbreaking tales of love, devotion, innocence – and philosophy. From Homer to Kafka, these works show humanity intimately observed by its best friend
May 2015
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best city novels
The 10 best ...
The 10 best city novels
March 2015
Baddies in books
Baddies in books: Woland, Bulgakov’s charming devil
The seductive rogue who haunts the pages of The Master and Margarita is a very complex kind of Satan
January 2015
Nicholas Lezard's choice
Notes on a Cuff by Mikhail Bulgakov review – tales from the front
Nicholas Lezard’s paperback of the week: These stories, appearing in English for the first time, show a true original finding his voice
August 2014
A book that changed me
The Master and Margarita showed me just how easy it is to mess up a nation
Viv Groskop
Viv Groskop: A book that changed me: If Bulgakov’s satire was Russia’s favourite book, I figured this must be a place with a properly beating heart
January 2014
On my radar
On my radar: Stana Katic's cultural highlights
Stana Katic, best known as Castle's detective Kate Beckett, tells Leah Harper why she loves the voice of King Krule and living in a Mongolia yurt
