Elon Musk’s running of Twitter as though it were his personal fiefdom and his cavalier attitude towards its staff are glaring sign of the world’s drift towards a 21st-century form of feudalism.
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The former Nazi social engineering complex known as Vogelsang Ordensburg offers us a timely reminder of how vulnerable democracy can be in the face of extremist ideology.
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Decades after the release of The Satanic Verses and the calls for his death which followed it, Salman Rushdie remains one of the most wildly and widely misunderstood contemporary writers in the English language.
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Despite the official holy war between Islam and Christendom, Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid and Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne exchanged lavish
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The migratory history of foodstuffs and cuisines reveals that our dinner tables, like our societies, are both melting pots and salad bowls of ingredients from many different civilisations.
Read MoreThe “clash of civilisations” has been massively overblown. It’s blinded us to the fault lines which lie within cultural groups.
Read MoreHillary Clinton seems to suffer from the age-old pharaoh’s curse afflicting women seeking to lead a nation.
Read MoreA rubbish dump dating back to Ancient Egypt offers fascinating glimpses into life in the City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish.
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