A vivid and hopeful study of how culture endures in the midst of extreme violence Towards the end of her subtly piercing book about art in wartime, Charlotte Higgins recounts an autumn visit to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, in the north-east of the country, a short drive from the Russian border...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/18/ukrainian-lessons-by-charlotte-higgins-review-when-art-and-war-collide)