What Russia can teach us
From Tolstoy to Shostakovich, Russian culture shaped Europe. We must not lose it.
By Andrew Marr
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The BBC reporter talks courting Putin, playing piano with Gorbachev, and the rising tensions of a nation at war.
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The Easter Rising and the perils of mythology
The IRA wielded 1916 to legitimise their own campaign of violence in the Troubles.
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The magical thinking behind European unity
The far right will always be an impediment to strategic autonomy.
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The Europeans who built Britain
In architecture, art, publishing and philosophy, continental émigrés fleeing fascism transformed our culture.
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The conviction of Marine Le Pen
Barred from public office for five years, France’s presidential front-runner is committed to fighting her prosecutor.
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Peacekeepers in a world without peace
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The EU is becoming an engine of war
Building the union was never a “peace project”. But European hard power is now its leaders’ greatest priority.
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