A matter that has become topical again in recent weeks... A short history of the so-called "hot line", a communications system that linked the leaders of the erstwhile USSR and the US, set up in the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, to reduce the possibility of an "accidental" nuclear war between the two superpowers. The hot line came into being one year after the ... Read full entry

Yevgeniy Fiks is a Russian born portrait artist who now lives in New York. What makes his work a little different from other artists is his subject matter, members of the US Communist Party no less. "My intention is to inform. These paintings portray those who identify as Communists in the present-day United States. It's about stating facts - and the fact is that there are Communists in the ... Read full entry