Author Archives: Catherine Baker

Covid-19 may have cancelled this year's Eurovision, but that doesn't mean the politics of the contest aren't on show in a different way

Deployed to cities at high risk of coronavirus, photos of the Spanish Legion provoked lust, loathing and comments about homoeroticism when they went viral on social media. Yet the history of the Legion makes these responses no contradiction at all

Grabar-Kitarović’s fascinated the international press with her enthusiasm at the World Cup final. But the story it tells at home is more complicated