“Auch die Stimme ist es wiederDie ich einst so gern gehöret!”“It is that voice once moreWhich I used to love to hear so much!”— Heinrich Heine I smiled when I heard the baritone Benjamin Appl sing this line. How I missed listening to his Liederabend. On the piano was Sholto Kynoch, whom I am becoming …
The country was freed when the Soviet Union dissolved. However, the old powers were still waiting for a chance to snap back, while other bullies were already eyeing the oil and human resources — whether foreign powers, insecure and revenge-seeking neighbours, or homegrown dictators. People are trapped in bad governance, walking a tightrope to stay …