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Sara Wheeler

The Spectator

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Books / The clear and present danger of exploring the Gulag

On 21 February 2022, 35-year-old Charlie Walker flew into Yakutsk in the Russian Far East, ready to ski hundreds of miles up the frozen River Lena,...

18.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Sara Wheeler

Books / The history of Moscow was one of extreme violence from the start

‘Moscow is hard to love,’ Simon Morrison writes at the beginning of this engaging book, ‘but I love it.’ He deliberately sets out...

24.03.2026 20

The Spectator

Sara Wheeler

Books / The history of Moscow was one of extreme violence from the start

‘Moscow is hard to love,’ Simon Morrison writes at the beginning of this engaging book, ‘but I love it.’ He deliberately sets out...

24.03.2026 20

The Spectator

Sara Wheeler

The young Anton Chekhov searches for his voice

04.12.2025 20

The Spectator

Sara Wheeler