Journalism

See stories written by Vanora Bennett

British press features

The Liberal magazine, June 2007
IT might seem counter-intuitive for a military resistance movement with a reputation for bloodthirstiness to choose a classical actor as its representative in the West. But Akhmed Zakayev, whose current incarnation is as foreign minister of Chechnya’s separatist government-in-exile, sees no incongruity. more...

US press features

Los Angeles Times - April 4, 2006
Pugnacious Ken Livingstone, whose feisty outbursts against his many enemies have enlivened the British political scene for as long as most voters can remember, has people on both sides of the Atlantic tut-tutting over his latest accusation more...

Comment

Evening Standard - August 21, 2006
Only one day to go till Husband’s birthday, and the excitement is mounting. Au pair buying presents. Me buying presents. Children wrapping presents, then getting so excited that they take them out of the cupboard where we’ve been hiding them and unwrap them again for one last gloat over the assorted socks, jerseys, books and ghastly “Best Dad” mugs we’ve assembled. more...

Book reviews

Times Literary Supplement - August, 2006
Nina Lugovskaya: I Want To Live