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Macron again? A soon-to-be French citizen’s take on the French presidential election
As my life is now in France, married to a French wife, I embarked on applying for French citizenship in late 2020, whilst still...
David Lee
6 min read
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Will Putin’s war make Westerners realise what they really should be fighting for?
The events of the last few weeks in Ukraine have brought home to many in the West the realities of what we now call the geopolitical...
Lynda Goetz
5 min read
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Is Latvia next?
What do I know of Ukraine? Little, even now. I have never been there and have only been to Russia three times...
Richard Pooley
7 min read
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Meeting Rudolf Nureyev (part 1) - His Leap to Freedom
He was perhaps the greatest male dancer of the 20th century, certainly the most famous. His leap to freedom, an event at the heart of world
Kalliopi Venieri
5 min read
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Let Them In! We Need Them.
Already we Brits are forgetting her, even those few of us who take an interest in Germany and what’s happening there.
Richard Pooley
8 min read
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