Britain's relationship with the giant on the edge of the continent, Russia, are surprisingly under explored. With Owen's characteristic insight and expertise, Riddle, Mystery, Enigma depicts a relationship as often governed by principle as by suspicion, expediency, and outright necessity.
The uproar and violence over both "The Satanic Verses" and the Danish "Jyllands Posten" cartoons raised the question of whether freedom of expression is an outdated legacy of Western Enlightenment or a vital and necessary tradition which must be protected. This title asks if we live in an age when freedom of expression can no longer be absolute.
