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<em>A Complete Unknown</em> is more than a Bob Dylan biopic Culture

A Complete Unknown is more than a Bob Dylan biopic

2nd February 2025
‘Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely’ Free Speech

‘Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely’

26th August 2024
When Jews defeated the Blackshirts Long-reads

When Jews defeated the Blackshirts

2nd March 2024
WB Yeats: why we should still read this ‘problematic’ poet Long-reads

WB Yeats: why we should still read this ‘problematic’ poet

5th November 2023
<em>The Gallows Pole</em>: a hunger for freedom Culture

The Gallows Pole: a hunger for freedom

31st May 2023
The cult of the climate apocalypse Long-reads

The cult of the climate apocalypse

26th March 2023
When culture becomes propaganda Long-reads

When culture becomes propaganda

9th October 2022
Operation Barbarossa: the most barbarous conflict in history Long-reads

Operation Barbarossa: the most barbarous conflict in history

21st June 2021
The International Brigades: beyond the myth Long-reads

The International Brigades: beyond the myth

18th September 2020
Who would Black Lives Matter erect a statue to? Politics

Who would Black Lives Matter erect a statue to?

17th July 2020
Captain Cook and the heroism of the Enlightenment Long-reads

Captain Cook and the heroism of the Enlightenment

24th April 2020
The First Fleet: Australia begins Long-reads

The First Fleet: Australia begins

24th January 2020

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In defence of patriotism Long-reads

In defence of patriotism

20th December 2019
In praise of John Ruskin Long-reads

In praise of John Ruskin

6th September 2019
Shakespeare doesn’t need rewriting Culture

Shakespeare doesn’t need rewriting

24th June 2019
Artists for the establishment Culture

Artists for the establishment

4th April 2019
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