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Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder is an author who spent ten years living in the former Soviet bloc and is now based in Texas. His latest book, Dictator Literature, is published by Oneworld and his website is www.danielkalder.com.

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KGB statue shows that Russia hasn’t shaken off the USSR’s ghost

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

Imagine a future without children

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Tech bros are destroying weird Austin

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Why doesn’t Scotland love King Charles?

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

Texas and Florida lead the fight against the DEI complex

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

Ron DeSantis teaches Texas how to fight a culture war

BY Daniel Kalder / 3 mins

You’ll miss Elon Musk when he’s gone

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

In visiting Dunfermline, Charles declares himself a Scottish King

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

Is Kazakhstan turning its back on its former leader?

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

The unbearable lightness of Beto O’Rourke

BY Daniel Kalder / 3 mins

Bambi’s mum had to die

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Is Donald Trump Jr running for president?

BY Daniel Kalder / 8 mins

Vladimir Zhirinovsky: the clown who predicted the Russian invasion

BY Daniel Kalder / 3 mins

The heroic failure of Cumbernauld

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Wanted in Turkmenistan: a dull dictator

BY Daniel Kalder / 3 mins

Scotland has lost its sense of humour

BY Daniel Kalder / 5 mins

Where now for Kazakhstan’s dictator emeritus?

BY Daniel Kalder / 3 mins

Austin pays the price for defunding the police

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

Is Austin the global free speech capital?

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

NASA’s religious quest for UFOs

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

China’s war on fun

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Young Russians love Stalin

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

The castrated will inherit the earth

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Teach our kids about communism

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

How Slovenia escaped the tragedy of history

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

After 50 years of talks, Joe Biden still doesn’t get Russia

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

Masterclass from Belarus: how to survive as a dictator

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

The SNP have already won the culture war

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Chernobyl: A Traveller’s Guide

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Will Matthew McConaughey become Texas’s next Governor?

BY Daniel Kalder / 2 mins

Don’t fall for Putin’s enemies

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

What America can learn from Russia

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

WeWork’s mad messiah

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Is Texas turning blue?

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Older leaders are not always wiser

BY Daniel Kalder / 5 mins

My time with Jesus, in Siberia

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

How paranoia drives politics

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Alaska could have ended history

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

The secrets of Scotland’s ancient capital

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

Is this the world’s worst dictator?

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

How Europe’s Last Dictator survived

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

What does my gladiator dream mean?

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

This is no ‘cultural revolution’

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

How Texas is coping with the end of lockdown

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

Don’t go looking for utopia in lockdown

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Nineties Russia prepared me for coronageddon

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

The cringe of Right-wing celebrity-worship

BY Daniel Kalder / 5 mins

Tinpot Trump is nothing like Hitler

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

America’s rich and powerful will believe anything

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Russia’s brief encounter with the sexual revolution

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

The End of the World is always nigh

BY Daniel Kalder / 4 mins

Communism’s war on Christianity and Islam

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

Who are you calling a dictator?

BY Daniel Kalder / 5 mins

A vision of Britain’s polarised future

BY Daniel Kalder / 6 mins

Brexit, Thunberg and the dangers of blind hope

BY Daniel Kalder / 5 mins