The conservative case for returning the Benin bronzes to Nigeria
By looting the artefacts, British colonial forces stripped them from the cultural context that gave them value.
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Burning the bastards out
The destruction of country houses in the Irish revolution can be seen as the last stage of a long Land…
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Has any prime minister done more damage than Boris Johnson?
Johnson leaves behind a constitution in tatters, a culture at war with itself, and a country that has become the…
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How Boris Johnson authored his own Greek tragedy
The flaws that bring down the ancient protagonists of Athenian drama feel eerily familiar today.
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My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler
The would-be assassin Axel von dem Bussche was subject to the same pressures of guilt and shame that condition all…
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Back in Time for Birmingham tells the story of immigration in postwar Britain
For all its banalities, the BBC’s warm-hearted recreation of the lives of previous generations of British Asians is welcome, even…
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How the Marshall Plan made Europe
It is 75 years since the US launched its ambitious aid scheme to rebuild postwar Europe and protect it from…
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Why access to nature is broken, not the millennials who trespass
Ninety years on from the trespass of Kinder Scout, the protection of nature requires an even greater right to roam.
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