War of words: my language lessons in Ukraine – podcast

Summary

The Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins on why she was inspired to learn Ukrainian and what it taught her about its people For Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer, visiting Ukraine and meeting the artists, novelists and poets under fire changed her life. “It was even before I went home that I decided I needed to learn some Ukrainian,” she tells Helen Pidd . Back in London, she began having weekly lessons with Olha Makar , who was living in the far west of Ukraine and squeezed in teaching between helping displaced teenagers. Continue reading...

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