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Poison, puffins and the people’s game
This week, the game that unites this continent. We're talking to Eniola Aluko, former England and Juventus striker, about her experience as a black w…
5 years, 9 months ago
Make Europe Romantic Again
Could Europe do with a 19th-century reboot? This week we're talking to Simon Strauss, millennial star of the German literary world, about why he thin…
5 years, 9 months ago
The women of Belarus
Women are kicking ass in Belarus right now, and this week we're catching up with the journalist Hanna Liubakova about why — and where the protest mov…
5 years, 9 months ago
Italy’s past, Europe’s future
We're back from our summer break and here to bring you all the European Things that have been missing from your life. This week, the Italian novelist…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Chain, part three
In this final installment of European love letters, we're travelling from Hungary to Germany, Germany to Russia, and across the border to Norway. We'…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Chain, part two
We're hopping from Sweden to France, France to Spain, and Spain to Austria for part two of The Chain, a series of love-letters from Europeans to each…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Chain, part one
Introducing The Chain: a series of love-letters from Europeans to each other's countries.
This week we're hopping from Romania to the Netherlands, th…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Summer of Solidarity
In our last episode before a little summer break, we're zooming out and taking a look at the state of Europe with Natalie Nougayrède. The Guardian co…
5 years, 11 months ago
George Soros, Explained
Why has George Soros inspired conspiracy theories involving everything from the Holocaust to Beyoncé? This week we're talking to Emily Tamkin, author…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Political Pianist
Igor Levit, as the New Yorker put it, "Is Like No Other Pianist". This week we chatted to the German-Russian superstar about playing for 15 hours str…
6 years ago