Historical
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Final Verdict by Tobias Buck review – the weight of collective guilt
Reporting on the trial of a former SS camp guard, the author learns that his own grandfather was an early…
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How the World Made the West by Josephine Quinn review – rethinking ‘civilisation’
Like the railway and the telegraph, western civilisation was invented in the 19th century. Steven Poole The Guardian It had…
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OZ KARAHAN: THE ONLY SOLUTION IS A UNITARY, SECULAR, PLURALISTIC CYPRUS
We met Oz Karahan during our recent visit to Nicosia and had the opportunity to discuss at length the past and present…
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France should return much more looted African art, film-maker says
Mati Diop, the director of Dahomey, which charts the restitution of 26 objects to Benin, says the tiny number involved…
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Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni review – hell on earth in poised prose
In King Lear, confronted with the figure of his cruelly blinded father, Edgar wonders whether matters are as bad as they imaginably…
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Early modern Britain was terrified of women trying to swallow pins
If someone swallows a pin today, it’s likely to be interpreted as an unfortunate accident or perhaps, as depicted in the 2019…
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The Importance of Learning the Greek Language
Greek has been classified as one of the twelve priority languages of wider use in Australia and is taught in…
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Belgium braces for the battle for Brussels
As Flemish nationalism surges, so do questions about the future of the capital. Politico From the outside, the excursion looks…
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France and Germany to research provenance of African objects in national museums
Germany and France will jointly spend €2.1m (£1.8m) to further research the provenance of African heritage objects in their national…
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Unmitigated Horror: Guernica, the Warsaw Ghetto, and Now Gaza
“Hamas must be destroyed, Gaza must be demilitarized, and Palestinian society must be deradicalized.” – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The…
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16-12-2023 – George Bizos ICON: Film Screening
Agora Dialogue presents a special tribute documentary on George Bizos, the highly esteemed lawyer of Nelson Mandela ‘George Bizos ICON’…
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The 12-year Hitch
Christopher Hitchens, the British born American journalist and writer, died exactly 12 years ago today, on 15 December 2011, aged…
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The End of Enlightenment by Richard Whatmore review – a warning from 18th-century Britain
Britain, thought Thomas Paine, needed to be destroyed. Its monarchy must be toppled, its empire broken up and the mercantile…
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Why Was the Antikythera Mechanism So Far Ahead of its Time?
One of those questions was about the Antikythera Mechanism. Evaggelos Vallianatos CounterPunch The writer, Mikael Angelo Francisco, asked: “Why was…
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Beyond the fog of war: books to help us understand the invasion of Ukraine
With Russian forces pushing deep into Ukraine, bombarding Kharkiv, Kyiv and other cities, and an unprecedented wave of western sanctions pushing…
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Marbles row leaves diplomats reassessing Sunak’s strategic grip
The Greek foreign minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, was attending a two-day Nato summit in Brussels on Tuesday when he received an…
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