Today, Samuel Johnson is internationally recognised as the cantankerous compiler of the most influential dictionary in the English language. However, his inimitable genius was in almost every literary medium available to his time. He wrote critiques, plays, biographies, short stories, political speeches, eulogies as well as many fine but forgotten poems.
An RA exhibit details attempts to wipe out Ukrainian culture – and what survived
The parallels between the threat to Ukrainian culture in the 1930s and today are unmistakable.