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Chequered history of ministries of all the talents
Ministries of All the Talents have rarely lived up to their promise.
Harry Cluff
October 28, 2022
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French and British cinema in wartime: subtlety against the odds
Despite the constraints of the Second World War, both French and British filmmakers created brilliant films, shaped by contrasting experiences of the conflict.
Muriel Zagha
October 27, 2022
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Democratised and declassified: the era of social media war is here
The implications of democratised intelligence analysis, as seen in Ukraine, will shape future conflicts.
David V. Gioe & Ken Stolworthy
October 24, 2022
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Ticket to ride in Paris
The métro paper ticket will disappear from Parisians’ lives in 14 months’ time, by January 2025. An ubiquitous presence in daily life, the métro ticket had a multi-purpose existenc..
Agnès Poirier
October 21, 2022
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Brick is best
Beautifully made and well-chosen brick seems to be undergoing a quiet renaissance at the moment — as shown by the remarkable revival of Battersea Power Station.
Clive Aslet
October 20, 2022
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What is Russia doing in Africa?
Compared to China, Russia’s activity in Africa is relatively modest. Nevertheless, recent diplomatic, naval and military projects illuminate Moscow’s mental maps, and reveal how Ru..
Andrew Monaghan
October 19, 2022
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The historian’s dilemma
History writing is a solitary existence and far removed from the dynamic world of news reporting. And yet the line between the two is often unclear. Historians such as Thucydides d..
Daisy Dunn
October 18, 2022
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Belarus: the state built by the Second World War
This year has been declared the Year of Historical Memory in the Republic of Belarus, a territory of just over nine million people. What does this signify and why has its leader, A..
David R. Marples
October 11, 2022
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Have Britons lost the art of talking proper?
Estuary English is now the lingua franca of Britain's media and its triumph over Received Pronunciation, what the British used to term speaking correctly, seems to be assured — but..
D. J. Taylor
October 6, 2022