Mary Dejevsky
One of the country’s most respected commentators on Russia, the EU and the US, Mary Dejevsky has worked as a foreign correspondent all over the world, including Washington, Paris and Moscow. She is now the chief editorial writer and a columnist at The Independent and regularly appears on radio and television.
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Mary Dejevsky: A cherished tradition in black and white
Friday, 14 August 2009
A day-long street party has celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Beatles album cover everyone, but everyone, knows.
Mary Dejevsky: Russia's Georgian enclaves are not assets, but liabilities
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
One year on, Georgia remains an independent, pro-Western state
Mary Dejevsky: Charity that impoverishes the high street
Friday, 7 August 2009
It has been a long time coming, but at last someone is questioning the benefit from charity shops, even if his motives are not entirely altruistic. That someone is Marc Harrison, who closed his antiquarian and second-hand book shop in Salisbury at the end of last month, complaining that the arrival of an Oxfam bookshop 18 months before halved his takings overnight. He described Oxfam as "the Tesco of the second-hand book world" and accused it of "destroying the industry".
Mary Dejevsky: Award more firsts – but don't pretend standards are higher
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Those who need to know what your degree is worth still know
Mary Dejevsky: It's a war for our hearts and minds
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Was George Bush right to see an act of war rather than a criminal act?
Mary Dejevsky: Why are the spies of old allowed to retain their romantic sheen?
Saturday, 25 July 2009
Sir Anthony Blunt was a traitor. Let me write that again, so you have to read it again: Sir Anthony Blunt was a traitor. A vicar's son, who attained privilege, he enjoyed a charmed life and, it now turns out, a charmed death.
Mary Dejevsky: The future is warmer – and smaller
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Survival, it seems, is no longer about being bigger. Hooray!
Mary Dejevsky: It worked in Moscow, but the Obama effect can be negative
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
In Israel, what was seen as a key omission raised huge suspicions
Mary Dejevsky: Not every revolution is victorious
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Efforts to challenge an established order fail at least as often as they succeed
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