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• Armenian Genocide ; Eye-Witness Accounts ( Part 1)

  By Russell Pollard on December 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  In 1916, a book was published entitled “The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 1915-16. Documents presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs”, by Viscount Bryce which contained a comprehensive collection of documents produced… Read More ›

• Armenia: A perspective from the Diaspora

  By Russell Pollard on December 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Having been to Armenia on five occasions in the last few years, and discussed with people their views on their nationality and what defines it, I wanted to explore how this was seen from within the Diaspora. The Diaspora does… Read More ›

• Photojournalism 3.0: Beyond commoditisation

  By Russell Pollard on November 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Painting for centuries was the only medium by which a person’s portrait, a beautiful landscape, or a pictorial idea could be captured. The art form moved slowly but discernibly from a poor two-dimensional representation of the subject where the artist… Read More ›

• Student Protests ; No violence, so what?

  By Russell Pollard on November 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  12 months after the 2010 protests which, notoriously, resulted in levels of violence to police and property, the students took to the streets again this week. The subject of the tuition fees has been out of the news for most… Read More ›

• Stepanakert (Nagorno-Karabakh) : A Celebration

  By Russell Pollard on November 5, 2011 • ( 3 )

  88 years after Khankendi was renamed Stepanakert after Stepan Shahumyan ( the ethnic Armenian “Caucasian Lenin”) the city is now a vibrant place to be, and looks positively to the future. This is despite the fact that 20 miles to… Read More ›

• English Defence League in Birmingham; Tired, predictable and flagging

  By Russell Pollard on October 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The EDL had their first significant event outside of the capital since Tower Hamlets in early September right in the heart of the Midlands. They visited here a few years ago in the very early days and were subjected to… Read More ›

• What does is mean to be Armenian? : Further thoughts

  By Russell Pollard on October 23, 2011 • ( 1 )

  This article is also available in Armenian I published a blog article on June 8th entitled “What does it mean to be Armenian?” in an attempt, after 4 visits to Armenia, to capture what I had concluded about the answer… Read More ›

• Occupy the London Stock Exchange : 99% confused

  By Russell Pollard on October 16, 2011 • ( 2 )

  In an attempt to copy our brethren from New York, a collective of people from across the UK attended a rally in London yesterday under the tag of “Occupy the London Stock Exchange”. This was supposed to be in response… Read More ›

• Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army helps maintain the peace

  By Russell Pollard on October 15, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army was formed in the early 1990’s to protect the remaining ethnic Armenians in the autonomous state. It patrols and protects the “line of contact” that describes the final positions of the Karabakhi and Azeri forces as… Read More ›

• The Missing Soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh war

  By Russell Pollard on October 13, 2011 • ( 3 )

  In 1994 a ceasefire was declared in the Nagorno-Karabagh war which provided a much needed respite to the killing that had taken place in the region over the previous 6 years. The politicians have continued to talk since the cessation… Read More ›