Singapore's survival in an increasingly tricky neighbourhood holds pointed lessons for Europe's smaller states.
What small states can learn from Singapore | Floris van Berckel Smit and Deborah Koh
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The heritage of Tyre, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, is under threat in the latest phase of the conflict in South Lebanon.
Tyre: a city in the sea | Katherine Pangonis
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Velázquez and El Greco loom over Spain's Golden Age, but an exhibition in Paris gives the era's overlooked artists their due.
The unsung artists of Spain’s Golden Age | @cathpound.bsky.social
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🎧Audio essay: Len Deighton’s spycraft
The late author produced novels that were packed with excitement and suspense but also infused with moral complexity. Malcolm Forbes surveys his legacy.
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The Turkish president has pacified his country's political opposition, bringing about the culmination point of two decades of pragmatic authoritarianism.
Erdogan’s coup is complete | Hannah Lucinda Smith
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Singapore's survival in an increasingly tricky neighbourhood holds pointed lessons for Europe's smaller states.
Velázquez and El Greco loom over Spain's Golden Age, but an exhibition in Paris gives the era's overlooked artists their due.
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The late Len Deighton produced novels that were packed with excitement and suspense but also infused with moral complexity and psychological insight. Read by Leighton Pugh.
The Turkish president has pacified his country's political opposition, bringing about the culmination point of two decades of pragmatic authoritarianism.
Rich in archive footage and the great musician's own testimony, 'Miles: Birth of the Cool' is a fitting commemoration of one of the last century's foremost artistic geniuses.
The genius of Miles Davis | @paullay.bsky.social
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For half a century, Edwin and Willa Muir's translations were how the Anglophone world read Kafka. A prize-winning study of his translators barely registers their contribution.
The forgotten Scots who gave Kafka his voice | @boydtonkin.bsky.social
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While her legacy was buried by Romanian communists, Queen Marie's strength, fulsome ego and ascent to global celebrity provides a blueprint for leaders seeking to dominate a noisy world.
Marie of Romania: a female corrective to the strongman | Tessa Dunlop
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For half a century, Edwin and Willa Muir's translations were how the Anglophone world read Kafka. A prize-winning study of his translators barely registers their contribution.
While her legacy was buried by Romanian communists, Queen Marie's strength, fulsome ego and ascent to global celebrity provides a blueprint for leaders seeking to dominate a noisy world.
