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Volume III., No. 1.

From the Editors

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

‘We are proud’ – state the opening words of the new Hungarian Constitution – of a long list of attributes, including those forebears who fought for national survival, freedom and

Current Affairs

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON RECENT EVENTS

In his memoir of the Thatcher administration, Nigel Lawson, her Finance Minister, gives a droll explanation of the Foreign Office’s reasoning on the proper use of the veto in European

ANGELS AND DEVILS

What Is Happening in Hungary Today? NT: The Fidesz government stands accused of a wide variety of crimes…Is there any sense in which you would admit that government steps are reducing

ANOTHER SEMESTER OF OUR DISCONTENT

The Integration Power of Traditional Cultural Systems and the Search for a Substitute I. Breaking news The discontent of the second semester of 2011 From the last six months of

A DIFFERENT DIGITAL DIVIDE

Tamás Roska (b. 1940) is co-inventor of the CNN Universal Machine, a host of cellular universal computers on a single chip (with L. O. Chua, 1992), and the analogic CNN

OBSERVATIONS OF BUDAPEST SINCE 1992

FROM SHEREMETYEVO TO THE HOTEL GELLÉRT My wife, Susan, and I flew into Budapest from Moscow in the summer of 1992. It was our first visit to one of the

Histories

NERO OF THE CAUCASUS

In the 1920s and 1930s Joseph Stalin was usually cordial and obliging with his foreign visitors. But with the passing of time, he dropped this pretence of affability in the

OFFICIAL ENEMIES, SECRET ALLIES PART III

VIII. A LOST OPPORTUNITY, A CLASH OF VISIONS US–Hungarian negotiations had dragged on for too long, close to half a year. As in the case of the delay of six

THE BURIAL OF ATTILA

A Folklore Motif in Historical Consciousness Introduction When it comes to interpreting certain historical legends or myths, folklorists who focus on oral traditions tend to adopt a stance not entirely

THE INCONVENIENT GRAND SEIGNEUR

Memory of Miklós Bánffy I. THE INCONVENIENT GRAND SEIGNEUR The Memory of Miklós Bánffy1 If there were a single word to describe the life and afterlife of the author of

THE TRANSYLVANIAN TRILOGY

A passage from Book I. – They Were Counted Balint spent the next few days in seeing that he had everything he would need for a winter trip to the

THE LEGEND OF THE PALETTE OF MIKLÓS BÁNFFY

I have often been asked how and why I organized the travelling exhibition on the life and work of Miklós Bánffy. Depending on my mood at the time, I explained

The Arts

BRANCUSI AT HOME

A wooden house in a garden of mulberry trees, with a deep well for a summer’s day, a stone path over the lawn, and outhouses packed to the brim with