Ukrainian Lessons: Art in a Time of War

Name: Ukrainian Lessons: Art in a Time of War
ISBN: 9781787335974

by Charlotte Higgins

Baillie Gifford · 2026 · Longlist

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Jonathan CapeAugust 20, 2026Nonfiction272 pagesISBN 9781787335974

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Baillie Gifford Prize	2026	Longlist

About This Book

A first-hand account of art, survival, and resistance in wartime Ukraine, drawn from reporting trips after Russia's full-scale invasion. Higgins, a classicist and the Guardian's chief culture writer, explores why culture becomes a matter of life and death. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.

About the Author

Charlotte HigginsBritish

Charlotte Higgins is chief culture writer of the Guardian. A classicist by training, she is the author of Under Another Sky, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) Prize; Red Thread, which won the Arnold Bennett Prize; and Greek Myths. Ukrainian Lessons: Art in a Time of War, drawn from reporting trips to Ukraine after the 2022 invasion, was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.