Boris Akunin: ‘There is always something new happening under the sun’
4 - 17 June 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 4 June 2026 WHAT ALEKSEI NAVALNY BELIEVED IN. Today he would have turned 50. Every 4 June since 2012, I…
Boris Akunin: ‘I have no hopes or illusions’
17 May - 2 June 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 17 May 2026 The Institute of Asian and African Studies, which is almost exactly the same age as me,…
Boris Akunin: The Second-to-Last Paragraph
1 -14 May 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 1 May 2026 Today, Dmitry Bykov will be answering readers’ questions in our BAbook book club. I’ve already asked him my…
Boris Akunin: Mixed Feelings
22-30 April 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 22 April 2026 I’m watching the news from Russia with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I’m very sorry for ordinary people…
Boris Akunin: Be like London Bridge
8 – 21 April 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 8 April 2026 Yesterday, cat-lovers chided me for being a dog-person and demanded justice. I’m more than happy to oblige. …
Boris Akunin: What sort of literature do you fancy reading right now?
25 March - 7 April 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 25 March 2026 Let’s talk about something good. I have no doubt each of you has, on many occasions,…
Boris Akunin: ‘Still not yet a butterfly’
18 - 24 March 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 18 March 2026 FORBIDDEN FRUIT SYNDROME Various perfectly democratic countries are getting ready to introduce (and in Australia, apparently have…
Boris Akunin: ‘There is no end in sight’
12 - 18 March 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 12 March 2026 It turns out, the oldest person in the world is an Englishwoman. She is 116 and a…
Boris Akunin: ‘The last time I saw snow was on 7 December 2014’
28 February - 5 March 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 28 February 2026 I’ve been thinking about how Trump is the classic case of the compulsive gambler. (I don’t…
Boris Akunin: The Earth keeps turning
19 -25 February 2026 by Boris Akunin Source: Facebook 19 February 2026 I’ve been time-traveling through newspaper archives since early morning, looking through issues for a specific date but from…
