From memoirs by politicians to biographies of poets, this will be a year in which life-writing abounds By Ian Thomson Ours is the era of Everybody’s Autobiography, and 2026 will not disappoint with a ...

Every December in recent years, I think back to the time when Jeremy Corbyn, then the leader of the opposition Labour Party in my adopted country, the United Kingdom, quoted from a New Year’s speech ...

Teuta Hoxha says she remains determined despite growing fears for her health and five other prisoners staging protest “A lot of the times it feels like you’re being suffocated. Lots of things change ...

Anyone who’s worked in the back line of a busy kitchen or binge-watched Hell’s Kitchen while low-key enjoying every verbal chef roast knows how fast things can turn chaotic as a chef. One wrong move, ...

‘Not even Albania when it was led by Enver Hoxha, the USSR under Stalin or Mao Zedong’s China nationalised everything. She’s like a student who’s just discovered Marxism but hasn’t learnt the ...

When Lea Ypi published “Free” in 2021, the book was acclaimed for its account of life under Enver Hoxha, the communist despot who ruled Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985. It ...

Cut off from both East and West, Enver Hoxha turned Albania into one of the most isolated regimes on Earth. What unfolded behind its closed borders defies belief. Lawmakers split after viewing boat ...

Roland Sejko’s doc “A State Film,” culled from a vast archive of official footage made under the regime of Albanian strongman Enver Hoxha, is a fascinating study in the power of image and myth.