View from Saxony: Why the far-right AfD is surging in eastern Germany
There is growing recognition that the dramatic upheavals east Germans suffered after reunification in 1990 have not been adequately addressed.
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How the global battle for the Arctic became the new Cold War
China has labelled itself a “near-Arctic state”; Norway, Denmark and Canada have all claimed ownership over the North Pole, while Russia…
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How one family turned their tragedy into verbatim theatre
One Saturday evening this month, at a converted hospital chapel in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Lorin LaFave and her 17-year-old triplets,…
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Meet Ali Milani, the millennial who could unseat Boris Johnson in Uxbridge
Ali Milani first encountered Boris Johnson when he was 20. As a student in 2015, he went to a hustings…
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Commons Confidential: Tin opener Tories and queasy Nats
Tory Poujadists granting Boris Johnson 12 months’ probation – 1922 Committee grey suits tweaked party rules so the year’s gap…
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How mindfulness privatised a social problem
Governments often opt for treatments that focus on the individual rather than social maladies.
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Why the German urban middle class is going Green
The euphoria that erupted at Green party HQ after the European Parliament elections on 26 May will echo for a…
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How to get a Banksy off the wall
As the last sheet of protective plywood is pulled off the painting, a cheer goes up from the crowd. TV…
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