The age of plutocracy
In an exclusive extract from her new book, the New Statesman columnist explains how Western democracies were captured by the…
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Tattoos have more meaning than their critics dare imagine
Knee-jerk repulsion tells us more about those who disapprove of body art than those who embrace it.
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The past is not a guide to the future, but remembering is still a vital act of defiance
Giving tours of parliament used to remind me of history's biggest lesson: most people don’t learn from history.
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Why the wounds of Bloody Sunday have not healed, 50 years on
The murders of 14 civilians by the British Army in Northern Ireland in 1972 was covered up for decades –…
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Why Neville Chamberlain will forever be discredited by his policy of appeasement
A new Netflix film, based on Robert Harris’s novel, attempts to rehabilitate the former prime minister – but his legacy…
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Historians have become soft targets in the culture wars. We should fight back
The “rewriting of history” is not some act of professional misconduct but literally the job of professional historians.
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Letter from Germany: A train journey through Prussia’s heartlands
The not-quite vanished state is central to the history of Europe. Riding the RE1 train from Brandenburg to the Polish…
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How China is reclaiming history
America sees the Second World War as its “good war”, when it won the right to world leadership. Now China…
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