by Toplica | Jan 30, 2020 | Culture, English, Featured, News
The Doll is an autobiographical story, with his beloved, inscrutable mother at its heart Ismail Kadare is a kind of lapidary artist who carves meaning and pattern into the rocky mysteries of his native Albania. Born, like his frenemy the Communist dictator Enver... 
by Toplica | Jan 27, 2020 | Culture, English, Featured, News
Most anywhere else in Nazi-occupied Europe, an encounter with police would have likely sealed the fate of Jewish refugees like Nissim and Sarah Aladjem and their 10-year-old son, Aron. Instead, when the family was detained by police in Albania 75 years ago, it was the... 
by Toplica | Jan 22, 2020 | Community, Culture, English, Events, Featured, News
Where: Rich Mix, 35-47 BETHNAL GREEN ROAD, LONDON E1 6LA, When: 21 February 2020 at 8.00pm. Tickets: Book Online AJO is a singer-songwriter based in London. A Kosovan born artist, a well known former TV presenter and journalist her roots are deeply embedded in her... 
by Toplica | Dec 22, 2019 | Culture, English, Featured, News, Videos
Dua Lipa recounts an embarrassing moment she had with Jimmy after making her US TV debut on The Tonight Show on Dec. 18, 2019, and explains how living in Kosovo led to her obsession with hip-hop. “My first-ever show I went to was Method Man and Redman; I was... 
by Toplica | Oct 28, 2019 | Culture, English, Featured, News
Ismail Kadare, an Albanian writer based in France and the winner of the 2019 Pak Kyong-ni Prize, said Wednesday he was honored to be chosen for the literary award in Korea. “I am very happy to accept this award. I am from Albania which is a country far from... 
by Toplica | Oct 23, 2019 | Culture, English, Featured, News, Videos
Washed by the Moon | A Film By Dan Shutt Grupi Lab is a supergroup of southern Albanian singers, legendary for their performances of the region’s ancient polyphonic songs. Led by ‘Artist of the People’ Golik Jaupi, a favourite musician of communist...