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Putin’s British prisoner: Vladimir Kara-Murza is languishing in a Siberian jail
Opposing Vladimir Putin is a lethal business. The world was reminded of this last week after the sudden death of…
The fight to save an ancient City synagogue from developers
There was a little number, 223, pasted onto the back of one of the centuries-old wooden seats in Bevis Marks…
Ukraine’s spirit isn’t even close to broken
Rome and Kyiv have one thing in common – the distinctive whine of motor-scooter engines in the night. The difference…
How to choose a better death
In 1984 I was a third-year student nurse. The last secondment before my final exam was gynaecology. The wards were…
Ukraine is in a bind over mass conscription
In the second world war, the average age of a combat soldier was 26. In the Falklands, it was 23.…
Why is everything in Antarctica so difficult?
‘Do you like to dig?’ That’s the first question seasoned Antarcticans ask when a scientist tells them he’ll spend winter…
