History & heritage
Issue 161 August 2009
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In search of the Swedish soul
23rd July 2009 - Issue 160
What most defines Sweden—its welfare state, Lutheranism, sex or Pippi Longstocking? Having lived there for 8 years, I've discovered it's much more complicated than we think
The people’s William
23rd July 2009 - Issue 160
Today's leaders could learn a lot about crisis management from Gladstone
Issue 159 June 2009
A real British museum
23rd July 2009 - Issue 159
A place to make the national story come alive is back on the agenda
Tiananmen 20 years on: lessons from Russia
23rd July 2009 - Issue 159
Twenty years ago, China could have followed the path of the Soviet Union. Now the picture is very different: but China's leaders could still learn from Gorbachev
Issue 158 May 2009
Those were the days
23rd July 2009 - Issue 158
The three 1970s governments are remembered as uniquely incompetent. They weren't
Issue 154 January 2009
The classical bazaar
23rd July 2009 - Issue 154
Seldom has writing about the classical world been so popular, and so good. And most of the writers are interested in it for its own sake
Smallscreen
23rd July 2009 - Issue 154
BBC drama and Channel 4 documentaries could be your best allies during the credit crunch. Just don't let Niall Ferguson write your one-liners
Victorian celebrity
23rd July 2009 - Issue 154
Toby Young may be right that modern society is ruled by a celebrity elite. But so were the Victorians.
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