Are we really experiencing a summer of love?
In June, dating app activity surged. But this doesn't necessarily mean a summer of casual dating.
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Can Covid free us from the saccharine charade of wedding culture?
Lockdown has caused misery for those whose events have been planned for years – but why do we still hanker after…
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Mussolini and the rise of fascism
How did an obscure magazine editor become an idol, and then a scandal, and then reassert his authority and rule…
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The German history wars
The former Prussian royal family’s effort to recover riches lost after the Second World War hinges on one question: did…
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AA Milne’s pacifism and patriotism
A survivor of the Somme, the man who invented Winnie-the-Pooh wrangled with his conscience in his non-fiction – trying to…
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After 150 years, the legacy of the Paris Commune continues to divide France
The uprising, long mythologised by the far left, is increasingly becoming part of the national conversation, but not without controversy.
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How Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech has been misunderstood
In his address at Fulton, Missouri, 75 years ago, Churchill played up the Soviet threat to bolster the case for…
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Consider the Oyster: why economics still has so much to learn from the natural world
From Charles Dickens to the Dasgupta report, the story of the oyster holds gritty hope for conservation.
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