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Centre the dragon
A new analysis of the fire in China's belly. And hinterland stories on who gets burnt
Jan 26
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Deaths at Davos
Two French economists set the magic mountain to rights, nearly 200 years apart
Jan 19
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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The books that explain why everyone wants Greenland
Trump and co like to imagine the Arctic as empty, silent and ripe for the taking. In fact it is noisy, political and increasingly angry. A bonus piece…
Jan 17
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Empire is back
Lessons from the decline and fall of Rome. And a sly take on fictional imperial glory
Jan 12
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Why America's backyard is a frontline
The US was never meant to build an empire. An alternative history imagines it couldn't
Jan 4
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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December 2025
Exit Bethlehem via the gift shop
The Holy City was extracting money from tourists even when Mark Twain visited in 1867. Bonus post of a piece we had in The New World magazine
Dec 21, 2025
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Baker's dozen: The best books I read this year
This Week, Those Books ranged across the world map, subject and genre. Happy Holidays
Dec 13, 2025
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Qatar, the new Switzerland
Doha's 'stunning rise' as global go-between. And a novel on the pains of conflict
Dec 7, 2025
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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November 2025
Is Russia winning?
A new book floats a scary scenario. And a novel take on post-Soviet change
Nov 30, 2025
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Nuremberg is back but what have we learnt?
The 'carpenter of war crimes tribunals'. A novel set in The Hague court. And just how ordinary were the Nazis?
Nov 23, 2025
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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More American than apple pie
Three books on third culture food say it's a delicious defence of immigration
Nov 17, 2025
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Can the climate change...from talk to action?
Two brand new books speak truth to doomism
Nov 9, 2025
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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