The 10 best books of 2022 – Part 1
Introducing the top 10 books of 2022 compiled by BBC Culture.
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Writing from Ukraine that focuses on the current wars According to Dralyuk, Lyuba Yakimchuk is one of the country’s most important modern poets – “was a refugee from Donbas, from the war zone, and she has written very movingly about that experience”. Her 2016 poem Crow, Wheels highlights the apparent never-ending escalation of conflict: “When the city was destroyed, / they started fighting over the cemetery.”
Life and Fate – The Soviet novel ‘too dangerous to read’
For the second installment of BBC Culture’s Banned Books series, Nicholas Barrett writes that Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate painted an image of the Soviet Union during World War II that highlighted “the grand sweep of history alongside the granular detail within”.
The men’s national team of Estonia moves up one spot in the FIFA global rankings
The men’s national team of Estonia moved up one spot to 109th in the latest world rankings announced on Thursday by the organization that governs international football, FIFA.
The Best Pop Songs in 2022
After spending nearly two years in a “out-of-studio vortex,” most artists were unable to record properly in 2020 and the majority of 2021; 2022 is expected to be a year of new music’s “coming out.” This year, music has returned to its fuller form, introducing the public to some earworms (and candy) within pop, from Harry Styles’ long-awaited pulses around Harry’s House to Lizzo’s more assertive singing of I’m not the girl I was or used to be on the hit “About Damn Time” to Doja Cat’s tribute to Big Mama Thornton on her Elvis...
Oprah: the all-time most influential person?
A 35-year-old national premiere of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” made its host one of the most well-known figures of the day.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
One of the most well-known museums in Europe is rumored to be The Museum of Fine Arts, which was founded in 1906. Its diverse collections, historical continuity, and abundance of treasures unquestionably give it a high position among public collections. Hundreds of thousands of people visit the Museum of Fine Arts each year to view the masterpieces of international and Hungarian art that date from prehistoric times until the end of the eighteenth century.
The most popular museums in Lithuania
The popular museums with both locals and tourists alike encourage you to visit.
History of the Tbilisi State University
In 1918, the first national university in the Caucasus was established, setting the stage for Georgia to develop a higher education system modeled after those in Europe while adhering to its own educational traditions.