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CREDIT: Stuart
Kinlough/Ikon
A new short story written exclusively for the magazine and echoing its special report. An old man contemplates paradise on earth, and elsewhere
The Georgian playwright and author discusses the free speech issues that still plague the post-Soviet country, and why he still worries. Plus an exclusive extract from his new novel based on his own experience of Georgian censors
Vietnam’s most famous current singer talks about collisions with the authorities over her words and actions. Plus a song from her latest album, translated into English and published here for the first time
Toilet paper being requisitioned based on facial recognition, decades away or already happening? Our new short story and interview with the award-winning writer explores our lives in front of the cameras, present and future