Samara sits concealed on a bend in the Volga River. Inconspicuous and forgotten, Samara is Russia’s sixth largest city and a major contributor to Russia’s aerospace industry. This little known city was closed off to foreigners during the Cold War and this has perhaps contributed to its obscurity. Despite this, Samara is an exciting, dynamic city with good restaurants, hotels…
Christchurch fencer Luke Robertson will be a leading contender in the National Championships in Wellington on November 19-21. Peter Campbell talks to the man others call El Toro. Charging feet thunder, metal clashes. It’s Monday evening and New Zealand’s reigning sabre champion is polishing his lunges and ripostes. “When I step onto the piste and put my mask on, I…
An absorbing and skilful story, exploring the attitudes of a younger brother who has grown up overawed by the image of his elder brother, whose life is changed when he goes to Bosnia and Serbia to explore the land that took his brother’s life.
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