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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Why Putin’s war in Ukraine turned into a military disaster
The Russian president is a prisoner of his own delusions – and the similarities with Hitler are hard to ignore.
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Vladimir Putin’s war of delusions
The Russian president is a prisoner of his own deadly misconceptions – and the echoes of Hitler are hard to…
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How the Greek revolution made the modern world
The 1821 uprising against the Ottomans won staunch support from Europe’s liberals. The precedent it set for intervention still echoes…
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My family and the forgotten massacre of Chios
Eugène Delacroix’s great painting changed Western art and recorded an atrocity that still haunts the island today.
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Russia’s war with the West
Vladimir Putin has cast himself as a historical leader, harnessing past grievances and tsarist imperialism to justify his assault on…
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Why Russia is a prisoner of geography
Haunted by the nightmares of history, Vladimir Putin is the latest Russian leader to use violence and occupation to control…
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