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The Teddy Boys’ two-fingered salute

The postwar revival of Edwardian fashion among the British youth was a rebellion against a world of rationing and restriction.

Mathew Lyons February 29, 2024

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Cymande growing old gracefully

A new documentary charts the band’s journey from obscurity to unexpected success.

Max Mitchell February 28, 2024

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Attlee’s shadow

Clement Attlee's Labour government rebuilt Britain after the Second World War and left a contested legacy that has been claimed by both major parties ever since.

Nick Kaderbhai February 26, 2024

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The Russian leopard has not changed its spots

Tucker Carlson is hardly the first American traveller to Russia who has been willingly seduced by its regime.

Will Quinn February 19, 2024

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The Nazis’ last victims

Many Jewish children who fled Nazi-occupied Europe kept silent about their stories. As the last living links fade away, Julian Borger looks to his own father's experience to unders..

Elisabeth Braw February 13, 2024

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Friedman fighter

Milton Friedman's revolution in economic thought was so total that even his intellectual opponents would admit 'We are all monetarists now.'

Linda Yueh February 8, 2024

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We are legion

A riveting British Museum exhibition lays bare the lives of the Roman infantrymen.

Daisy Dunn February 7, 2024

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The lost worlds of Raphael Samuel

Popular history had one of its most eloquent advocates in Raphael Samuel, who deserves recognition as a major force in English letters.

Michael Ledger-Lomas February 5, 2024

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Stravinsky’s forever modern masterpiece

A genre-defying interpretation of Stravinsky's Les Noces, that melds bodies, music and dance, is vibrantly modern.

Benjamin Poore January 30, 2024