10 Sep 2014: Originally published in the Guardian on 10 September 1976: Chinese radio announces the death of Chairman Mao, “the greatest Marxist of the contemporary era”
26 Aug 2014: Linda Grant: I’ve tried to live my life by the truth of this war epic: that acts of kindness define our humanity, not the -isms of ideology
24 Aug 2014: Rafael Behr: It wasn’t the action in Arthur Koestler’s book that excited the 19-year-old me, it was the guided tour of a totalitarian mind
18 Aug 2014: Originally published in the Guardian on 18 August 1962: Peter Fechter, an 18-year-old bricklayer, was shot by East German guards as he attempted to cross the Berlin Wall a year after it was erected
14 Jul 2014:
The last Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev initiated reforms that ultimately led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Here are some of the key moments: