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Charlotte Higgins

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Chief culture writer, The Guardian. Classics nerd. Author of books including GREEK MYTHS, RED THREAD and UNDER ANOTHER SKY.
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To make wine is to believe in the future: The Ukrainians growing grapes on the frontline

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By Charlotte Higgins Verified, Mariana Matveichuk
| MSN Australia Verified
Charlotte Higgins and Mariana Matveichuk in Mykolaiv region As winemaker Mykhailo Molchanov pottered about trimming foliage from his vines on a warm early-summer day, his dog Direktor at his heels, it was hard to imagine a more idyllic scene. The Molchanovs' organic vines are planted directly into the richly biodiverse grassland for which southern Ukraine is renowned – hence their label's name, Steppe Wines – amid the silvery feathergrass and wild salvia.
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‘More postmodern than ancient’: why the Odyssey is everywhere, from Oz to Westeros

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By Charlotte Higgins Verified
| Yahoo Style Canada Verified
Illustration: Steven Wilson/The Guardian default Christopher Nolan's Odyssey movie has all the hopes of a summer blockbuster pinned to it, and all the promise – as the trailers have showed – of magnificent effects, shocks and thrills. You will be taken inside the cave of the terrifying one-eyed giant, the Cyclops Polyphemus, who likes to dine on human flesh. You will visit the dim and misty shores of the land of the dead, where no warm-blooded human should ever tread.
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Amid war in Ukraine, the fleeting moments of despair and salvation I witness are what truly tell the story

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By Charlotte Higgins Verified
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What was it like? Is the question I am often asked when I return from working in Ukraine , where I have been travelling regularly since 2022. There's an understanding implicit in the question that the answer will not – not quite – lie in the accumulation of reporting. For good reasons the reporter keeps her eyes steady and focused outward, collecting the essential information, conveying it as clearly and smoothly as possible.
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