Ukraine: 1418 days and counting

+ as we hope against hope for Iran, lessons from the history of protest

History of the Present (week ending Sunday, 11 January 2026)

A modern Ukrainian painting I saw at a gallery in Kyiv last year, featuring what appears to be a seriously dismembered Pushkin. Can anyone identify the painting for me?

So here’s an extraordinary fact: this week, Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine will have lasted longer than the Soviet Uni…