Nathan Akehurst / 30 Sep 2022
Mussolini’s Ghost
The Italian Future Past
Four days before Mussolini’s ghost came back, a friend and I raced through the high-walled alleys of Venice in dazzling afternoon sunshine.(...)
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John Foster / 24 Sep 2022
Can’t Forget Fascism
Mussolini in Myth and Memory, by Paul Corner
If the spin is correct, Giorgia Meloni won Italy’s election already.(...)
John Foster / 10 Sep 2022
The Irish Abyss
Truss and the Backstop
The Tories believe they’re the most consistent party in British politics.(...)
Josh White / 08 Aug 2022
Old Europeans
Thinking With Borders
Not many newspapers begin life like The New European. (...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 01 Aug 2022
Life Under Thatcher
Working for the Iron Lady
It’s remarkable how candidates in the Tory leadership race have channelled Margaret Thatcher. Especially as they're barely old enough to have experienced her policies.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 11 Jul 2022
Hostile Environment Policy
Refugees Were Never the Issue
One of the most memorable insights I took away from my time in the UK Foreign Office was a speech by the UK’s ambassador to the UN, Sir Crispin Tickell.(...)
Joel Schalit / 30 Jun 2022
Multilingual Berlin
Refugee solidarity poster. Neukölln, September 2015. [Joel Schalit]
Josh White / 20 Jun 2022
Triumph of the Press
Carole Cadwalladr Beats Arron Banks
British media is less free than it says. Not because it’s dependent on sponsors for funding. But because UK libel law allows the rich to sue the press for criticising them.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 04 Jun 2022
European History and the Ukraine War
The When Walls Talk Exhibit
Not long after it opened in 2017, I paid my first visit to the House of European History. (...)
Josh White / 23 May 2022
Boris Johnson’s Ireland
British Colonialism Forever
Once again, the UK finds itself at a dilemma over Northern Ireland.(...)