When it comes to economic growth, nothing much happened in the West for 1,000 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, until industrialisation gathered pace in pockets of Europe and Britain suddenly started to overtake other nations in the eighteenth century. The tale of how this damp island was a pioneer in economic progress and then exported it worldwide is a remarkable one naturally attracting the quizzical examination of great and curious minds.
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.
