Historical
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Group of British MPs and peers call for Parthenon marbles to return to Greece
Six legislators call for return of cultural treasures held by British Museum ‘to their Athenian home’ Helena Smith The Guardian…
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The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland review – how an Auschwitz breakout alerted the world
It was around September 1942, the month when he turned 18, that Rudolf Vrba came to a momentous decision. Matthew…
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Anglicans divided over same sex marriage
Since the Reformation we have been used to disunity in the Church being demonstrated through denominational loyalty around historical theological…
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The New Cold War and Ukraine
And is this new Cold War more dangerous than the old one? Euripides Evriviades RUSI Are the Russians seriously contemplating…
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Anne Frank’s diary at 75: why it holds a special place in Holocaust literature
Anne and her family, in hiding in Amsterdam, had been denounced by one Arnold van den Bergh, a well-known notary…
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Putin Against History
If a Ukrainian grandmother with pro-Russian views did not exist, it would be necessary to invent her—or at least that…
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Occupied Cyprus: How Turkey has destroyed Christian cultural heritage
I’m referring to the continual occupation of the Republic of Cyprus by Turkey. Uzay Bulut Much of the cultural and…
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How taking a closer look at your family tree can help you get to grips with climate change
Climate conversations are often technical and dry, making it hard to see how it connects to our own lives. Flossie…
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The forgotten children of Saudi Arabia
He’s one of thousands who have been abandoned by their Saudi fathers. Brietta Hague Foreign Correspondent & ABC News But…
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The Proposed Ban of the Swastika in Victoria
Liberty Victoria is deeply worried by the emergence of far-right extremism, but opposes the ban of the ‘hakenkreuz’ for the…
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Tortured to death: the 14 Cypriot men killed by British in 50s uprising
At least 14 Cypriots were tortured then murdered by UK forces during an armed uprising in the late 1950s, according…
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Kenya petitions royal family for reparations over colonial atrocities as government declines meeting
More than 100,000 citizens of Kenya have petitioned the British royal family for an apology and reparations following “brutal” atrocities committed during the colonial period. Nadine White Independent The…
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It’s time to make amends for the crimes of the empire
Britain’s public apology and reparations to Kenya’s Kipsigis and Talai victims is long overdue. It is vital that we keep…
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The Ukraine War and UN Reform
The war in Ukraine has led diplomats, UN officials and pundits to ask if we are approaching a “new San…
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Raphael: it’s time we stopped dismissing Italy’s great painter as style over substance
In 1848, a new group of painters who called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood identified the art of Raphael as a watershed moment…
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Anti-Semitism continues to rise across the world, according to new report
The new report, released on the eve of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, highlights that anti-Semitism continues to rise around the…
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