Only humans are intimately associated with art and thought. What makes us unique in the great chain of being is our creative ability to interweave the literary and philosophical, the metaphysical and poetic impulses at their highest pitch. We humans don’t just exist and pass along genes. We think, we
The little town of Szelmenc, better known as the divided village, derives its uniqueness from its resemblance to a miniature version of Cold War Berlin, thanks to a troublesome border. With its population of Hungarians, Slovaks and Ukrainians, sleepy little Szelmenc sits right on the Slovakian–Ukrainian border, halfway between Uzhgorod/Ungvár
The publication, in October 2014, of the volume of retrospective interviews with Miklós Németh1 by András Oplatka2 was met with considerable interest in Hungary, for a number of reasons. One that readily meets the eye consists of the unusual career of Miklós Németh, who in November 1988 unexpectedly, perhaps even
The widows of Kesztölc, guardians of faith and hope, may their true plain hearts in prayers and piety rest. Widows so alike, that none do slacken in piety, none can die without prayers and whispers of immortality. My mother was no widow, but she prayed and hoped. For her, divine,
Fishy Country Szakácsi, Hungary, 16 September 1414. On the shield below, flames lick the tail of a pike with sprigs of a bay bush poking out of its gills. The helmet crest is adorned with a cooked pike head, gaze lifted with a beatific smile, a bay tree on each
One of the most striking things about feminism is the extent to which a body of beliefs based on notions of equality has produced new inequalities without hardly anyone seeming to notice. I particularly have in mind the inequalities between a rich, privileged female elite and the majority of other
Communist ideology and religion were strong adversaries. The severity of governmental oppression and discrimination against believers, however, varied in the different communist countries. One of the instruments of ideological repression utilised by the communist authorities was limiting the availability of religious materials, especially Bibles. Thus, the smuggling of Bibles into
Orsolya Zsuzsanna Kovács: Polish Jigsaw. Fourteen Interviews Friendship. Seemingly a simple matter. After all, it does not require more than two people. Hence friendship is “as simple as ABC”, one would think. And one would be utterly wrong. Each of us can probably recall the name of our best pals
At a moment of war when Britain stood alone without allies facing what appeared to be almost certain defeat, Winston Churchill delivered what is probably his most famous speech. He told the British House of Commons on 4 June 1940: “We shall go on to the end, we shall fight
The world is ruled by short-sighted men with a good head of hair. A longitudinal study of British children has shown that the best single predictor of a child rising up the system from humble beginnings to high office is being short- sighted as a child. Laser beam surgery has
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