In 1946, a Hungarian poet stood in front of the Reformation Wall in the Parc des Bastions in Geneva. Gyula Illyés’s poem – Before the Reformation Monument in Geneva – is now regarded as one of the most important Hungarian poems of the 20th century, alongside his better known 1950 poem One Sentence on
The recent exhibition at the Várkert Bazár (the “Castle Garden Bazaar”) in Budapest was the first of its kind that provides an insight into the paintings, drawings and illustrations of the Hungarian masters of Japonisme, side by side with ceramics, kimonos, lacquer boxes, and even some items illustrating premieres of plays involving Japanese subjects in Hungary. The visitor could
BRUCE ANDERSON (Orkney, 1949) is a London-based journalist and commentator edu- cated at the University of Cambridge. At one stage or other, he has written for all the major British newspapers. He was an Assistant Editor at The Sunday Telegraph and the Political Editor of The Spectator. In 1990, he published John Major: the Making of the Prime Minister. He is currently a commentator on Reaction,
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